diff --git a/docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml b/docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml
index 1fcd6512bd..90736e1e2f 100644
--- a/docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/src/docbook/appendix-namespace.xml
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@
pattern
The pattern which defines the URL path. The content will depend on the
- path-type attribute from the containing http element, so will
- default to ant path syntax.
+ request-matcher attribute from the containing http element,
+ so will default to ant path syntax.