diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration.md b/docs/docs/configuration.md
index fb3ef0f0c60..782c2f9ac87 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ which will give you something similar to this:
 cache-dir = "/path/to/cache/directory"
 virtualenvs.create = true
 virtualenvs.in-project = null
+virtualenvs.options.always-copy = true
 virtualenvs.path = "{cache-dir}/virtualenvs"  # /path/to/cache/directory/virtualenvs
-virtualenvs.always-copy = true
 ```
 
 ## Displaying a single configuration setting
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ If not set explicitly (default), `poetry` will use the virtualenv from the `.ven
 Directory where virtual environments will be created.
 Defaults to `{cache-dir}/virtualenvs` (`{cache-dir}\virtualenvs` on Windows).
 
-### `virtualenvs.always-copy`: boolean
+### `virtualenvs.options.always-copy`: boolean
 
 If set to `true` the `--always-copy` parameter is passed to `virtualenv` on creation of the venv. Thus all needed files are copied into the venv instead of symlinked.
 Defaults to `false`.