diff --git a/docs/modules/security/pages/ldap-authentication.adoc b/docs/modules/security/pages/ldap-authentication.adoc
index eb2f8e64b..610e6e10f 100644
--- a/docs/modules/security/pages/ldap-authentication.adoc
+++ b/docs/modules/security/pages/ldap-authentication.adoc
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ This option is only used when the `role-mapping-mode` option has the value `attr
 This option is only used when the `role-mapping-mode` option has the value `reverse`.
 
 | `role-filter`
-| `([role-mapping-attribute]=\{MEMBERDN})`
-| LDAP search string which usually contains a placeholder `\{MEMBERDN}` to be
-replaced by the provided login name, e.g. `(member=\{MEMBERDN})`.
+| `([role-mapping-attribute]=\{memberDN})`
+| LDAP search string which usually contains a placeholder `\{memberDN}` to be
+replaced by the provided login name, e.g. `(member=\{memberDN})`.
 
-If the role search recursion is enabled (see `role-recursion-max-depth`), the `\{MEMBERDN}`
+If the role search recursion is enabled (see `role-recursion-max-depth`), the `\{memberDN}`
 is replaced by role DNs in the recurrent searches.
 
 This option is only used when the `role-mapping-mode` option has the value `reverse`.