diff --git a/event-schemas/examples/v1/m.room.canonical_alias b/event-schemas/examples/v1/m.room.canonical_alias
index 9fd170d9..0203a851 100644
--- a/event-schemas/examples/v1/m.room.canonical_alias
+++ b/event-schemas/examples/v1/m.room.canonical_alias
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   "state_key": "",
   "origin_server_ts": 1431961217939,
   "event_id": "$WLGTSEFSEF:localhost",
-  "type": "m.room.aliases",
+  "type": "m.room.canonical_alias",
   "room_id": "!Cuyf34gef24t:localhost",
   "user_id": "@example:localhost"
 }