diff --git a/doc/radosgw/swift/objectops.rst b/doc/radosgw/swift/objectops.rst
index d7692dccedc..edc3e35ac79 100644
--- a/doc/radosgw/swift/objectops.rst
+++ b/doc/radosgw/swift/objectops.rst
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ Syntax
 Request Headers
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-``X-Container-Meta-{key}``
+``X-Object-Meta-{key}``
 
 :Description:  A user-defined meta data key that takes an arbitrary string value.
 :Type: String