diff --git a/docsite/rst/playbooks_tests.rst b/docsite/rst/playbooks_tests.rst
index c341268d8a0..51bd0257171 100644
--- a/docsite/rst/playbooks_tests.rst
+++ b/docsite/rst/playbooks_tests.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Testing paths
 The following tests can provide information about a path on the controller::
 
     - debug: msg="path is a directory"
-      when: mypath|isdir
+      when: mypath|is_dir
 
     - debug: msg="path is a file"
       when: mypath|is_file