diff --git a/exporter/stefexporter/README.md b/exporter/stefexporter/README.md
index 47d817ea49e0b..472660ee26d1b 100644
--- a/exporter/stefexporter/README.md
+++ b/exporter/stefexporter/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ To enable compression, configure as follows:
 
 ```yaml
 exporters:
-  otlp:
+  stef:
     ...
     compression: zstd
 ```