diff --git a/bazel/EXTERNAL_DEPS.md b/bazel/EXTERNAL_DEPS.md
index 9820ff4cf993d..0e1cdb0e27443 100644
--- a/bazel/EXTERNAL_DEPS.md
+++ b/bazel/EXTERNAL_DEPS.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ This is the preferred style of adding dependencies that use CMake for their buil
 
 1. Define a the source Bazel repository in [`bazel/repositories.bzl`](repositories.bzl), in the
    `envoy_dependencies()` function.
-2. Add a `cmake_external` rule to [`bazel/foreign_cc/BUILD`](foreign_cc/BUILD). This will reference
+2. Add an `envoy_cmake` rule to [`bazel/foreign_cc/BUILD`](foreign_cc/BUILD). This will reference
    the source repository in step 1.
 3. Reference your new external dependency in some `envoy_cc_library` via the name bound in step 1
    `external_deps` attribute.