diff --git a/docs/pages/access-controls/guides/role-templates.mdx b/docs/pages/access-controls/guides/role-templates.mdx
index 9fb7ff07dfde3..999e6a7fc5d88 100644
--- a/docs/pages/access-controls/guides/role-templates.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/access-controls/guides/role-templates.mdx
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ spec:
 
     # Functions transform variables.
     database_users: ['{{email.local(external.email)}}']
-    database_labels:
+    db_labels:
       'env': '{{regexp.replace(external.access["env"], "^(staging)$", "$1")}}'
 
     # Labels can mix template and hard-coded values.
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ spec:
     database_users: ['alice']
 
     # The function regexp.replace will transform and filter only matching values.
-    database_labels:
+    db_labels:
       'env': 'staging'
 
     # Node labels have 'env' replaced from a variable and 'region' hard-coded.
diff --git a/docs/pages/access-controls/reference.mdx b/docs/pages/access-controls/reference.mdx
index 64f70654605e9..37f4c7d649adc 100644
--- a/docs/pages/access-controls/reference.mdx
+++ b/docs/pages/access-controls/reference.mdx
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Label              | `v3` Default   | `v4`, `v5` and `v6` Default
 `node_labels`       | `[{"*": "*"}]` if the role has any logins, else `[]` | `[]`
 `app_labels`        | `[{"*": "*"}]` | `[]`
 `kubernetes_labels` | `[{"*": "*"}]` | `[]`
-`database_labels`   | `[{"*": "*"}]` | `[]`
+`db_labels`         | `[{"*": "*"}]` | `[]`
 
 Role `v6` introduced a new field `kubernetes_resources` that allows
 fine-grained control over Kubernetes resources. See [Kubernetes RBAC](../kubernetes-access/manage-access/rbac.mdx) for more details.