diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy.start_tls.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy.start_tls.asciidoc
index 8d2131a1..8880bf31 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy.start_tls.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy.start_tls.asciidoc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Dispatch = cowboy_router:compile([
 
 {ok, _} = cowboy:start_tls(example, [
     {port, 8443},
-    {cert, "path/to/cert.pem"}
+    {certfile, "path/to/cert.pem"}
 ], #{
     env => #{dispatch => Dispatch}
 }).
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Dispatch = cowboy_router:compile([
 Name = example,
 
 {ok, _} = cowboy:start_tls(Name, [
-    {cert, "path/to/cert.pem"}
+    {certfile, "path/to/cert.pem"}
 ], #{
     env => #{dispatch => Dispatch}
 }),
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.cert.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.cert.asciidoc
index 466860a9..51f2e3c5 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.cert.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_req.cert.asciidoc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ transport option to `verify_peer`:
 ----
 {ok, _} = cowboy:start_tls(example, [
     {port, 8443},
-    {cert, "path/to/cert.pem"},
+    {certfile, "path/to/cert.pem"},
     {verify, verify_peer}
 ], #{
     env => #{dispatch => Dispatch}