diff --git a/source/reference/configuration-options.txt b/source/reference/configuration-options.txt
index 8c19ff96647..3d050996d03 100644
--- a/source/reference/configuration-options.txt
+++ b/source/reference/configuration-options.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ settings that you may adapt to your local configuration:
    ...
 
 The Linux package init scripts included in the official MongoDB packages depend
-on specific values for :setting:`systemLog.path`, :setting:`storage.dbpath`, and
+on specific values for :setting:`systemLog.path`, :setting:`storage.dbPath`, and
 :setting:`processManagement.fork`. If you modify these settings in the default
 configuration file, :binary:`~bin.mongod` may not start.