diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
index 8deea287b72..addc18b4369 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-boot-features.adoc
@@ -4947,7 +4947,7 @@ to avoid having a thread blocked by an unresponsive mail server:
 
 [source,properties,indent=0]
 ----
-	spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.connecttimeout=5000
+	spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.connectiontimeout=5000
 	spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.timeout=3000
 	spring.mail.properties.mail.smtp.writetimeout=5000
 ----