diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/docfix.yml b/changelogs/fragments/docfix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d20ec4aade
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/docfix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+    - fix nmap config example https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/42925
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/nmap.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
index 4f0fb8be92e..96349c31eb5 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/inventory/nmap.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     # inventory.config file in YAML format
     plugin: nmap
     strict: False
-    network: 192.168.0.0/24
+    address: 192.168.0.0/24
 '''
 
 import os