diff --git a/website/docs/d/iam_role.html.markdown b/website/docs/d/iam_role.html.markdown
index b0e5bc85077..75f3a18126a 100644
--- a/website/docs/d/iam_role.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/d/iam_role.html.markdown
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ properties without having to hard code ARNs as input.
 
 ```hcl
 data "aws_iam_role" "example" {
-  role_name = "an_example_role_name"
+  name = "an_example_role_name"
 }
 ```