diff --git a/reference/forms/types/options/max_length.rst.inc b/reference/forms/types/options/max_length.rst.inc
index 6c123bfe8b1..ef0a487e473 100644
--- a/reference/forms/types/options/max_length.rst.inc
+++ b/reference/forms/types/options/max_length.rst.inc
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ max_length
 
 **type**: ``integer``
 
-This option is used to add a ``max_length`` attribute, which is used by
-some browsers to limit the amount of text in a field.
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+This option is used to add a ``maxlength`` attribute, which is used by
+some browsers to limit the amount of text in a field.