diff --git a/components/routing/introduction.rst b/components/routing/introduction.rst
index 8c4b465bc8c..e57f97e8df5 100644
--- a/components/routing/introduction.rst
+++ b/components/routing/introduction.rst
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ If you're using the ``YamlFileLoader``, then route definitions look like this:
     # routes.yml
     route1:
         pattern: /foo
-        defaults: { controller: 'MyController::fooAction' }
+        defaults: { _controller: 'MyController::fooAction' }
 
     route2:
         pattern: /foo/bar
-        defaults: { controller: 'MyController::foobarAction' }
+        defaults: { _controller: 'MyController::foobarAction' }
 
 To load this file, you can use the following code. This assumes that your
 ``routes.yml`` file is in the same directory as the below code::
@@ -334,4 +334,4 @@ automatically in the background if you want to use it. A basic example of the
     are saved in the ``cache_dir``. This means your script must have write
     permissions for that location.
 
-.. _Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/routing
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+.. _Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/routing