diff --git a/rst/playbooks.rst b/rst/playbooks.rst
index bad2ed8d3a..db12af810b 100644
--- a/rst/playbooks.rst
+++ b/rst/playbooks.rst
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ The `vars` section contains a list of variables and values that can be used in t
 
     ---
     - hosts: webservers
-      users: root
+      user: root
       vars:
          http_port: 80
          van_halen_port: 5150