diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/explicit-module-boundary-types.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/explicit-module-boundary-types.md
index 5a33f9e9a359..453ec03a12a4 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/explicit-module-boundary-types.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/docs/rules/explicit-module-boundary-types.md
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ You may pass function/method names you would like this rule to ignore, like so:
   "@typescript-eslint/explicit-module-boundary-types": [
     "error",
     {
-      "allowedName": ["ignoredFunctionName", "ignoredMethodName"]
+      "allowedNames": ["ignoredFunctionName", "ignoredMethodName"]
     }
   ]
 }