diff --git a/messenger.rst b/messenger.rst
index 6ec90ad032b..1d0be35b088 100644
--- a/messenger.rst
+++ b/messenger.rst
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ On production, there are a few important things to think about:
 
 **Use the Same Cache Between Deploys**
     If your deploy strategy involves the creation of new target directories, you
-    should set a value for the :ref:`cache.prefix.seed <reference-cache-prefix-seed>`
+    should set a value for the :ref:`cache.prefix_seed <reference-cache-prefix-seed>`
     configuration option in order to use the same cache namespace between deployments.
     Otherwise, the ``cache.app`` pool will use the value of the ``kernel.project_dir``
     parameter as base for the namespace, which will lead to different namespaces