diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/plugins/inventory.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/plugins/inventory.rst
index a839229137a..0576b35c541 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/plugins/inventory.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/plugins/inventory.rst
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Here is an example of setting inventory caching with some fact caching defaults
 .. code-block:: ini
 
    [defaults]
-   fact_caching = json
+   fact_caching = jsonfile
    fact_caching_connection = /tmp/ansible_facts
    cache_timeout = 3600