diff --git a/docs/example_configuration.md b/docs/example_configuration.md
index b30a4ab0..cfe77581 100644
--- a/docs/example_configuration.md
+++ b/docs/example_configuration.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Rack::Attack
   # If you want to return 503 so that the attacker might be fooled into
   # believing that they've successfully broken your app (or you just want to
   # customize the response), then uncomment these lines.
-  # self.throttled_response = lambda do |env|
+  # self.throttled_responder = lambda do |env|
   #  [ 503,  # status
   #    {},   # headers
   #    ['']] # body