diff --git a/api/envoy/api/v2/route/route.proto b/api/envoy/api/v2/route/route.proto
index ec66094f4d4c6..ab1e2d5976243 100644
--- a/api/envoy/api/v2/route/route.proto
+++ b/api/envoy/api/v2/route/route.proto
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ message RateLimit {
 //
 //     {
 //       "name": ":method",
-//       "value": "POST"
+//       "exact_match": "POST"
 //     }
 //
 // .. attention::