diff --git a/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/metrics.md b/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/metrics.md
index e4b5874daf518..b5be16a612f58 100644
--- a/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/sources/clients/promtail/stages/metrics.md
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ line with the text `order successful` was scraped by Promtail.
       description: "failed orders"
       source: order_status
       config:
-        fail: fail
+        value: fail
         action: inc
 ```