diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index f000cdb633..d651816148 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -4735,7 +4735,7 @@ qemu-kvm -net nic,model=? /dev/null
   <devices>
     <tpm model='tpm-tis'>
       <backend type='passthrough'>
-        <backend path='/dev/tpm0'/>
+        <device path='/dev/tpm0'/>
       </backend>
     </tpm>
   </devices>