diff --git a/docs/highlighters/regexp.md b/docs/highlighters/regexp.md
index 06b21ac..5c8a89e 100644
--- a/docs/highlighters/regexp.md
+++ b/docs/highlighters/regexp.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To use this highlighter, associate regular expressions with styles in the
 `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REGEXP` associative array, for example in `~/.zshrc`:
 
 ```zsh
-typeset -A ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_PATTERNS
+typeset -A ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REGEXP
 ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_REGEXP+=('\bsudo\b' fg=123,bold)
 ```