diff --git a/routing.rst b/routing.rst
index 79a513ba8dd..f34205de98e 100644
--- a/routing.rst
+++ b/routing.rst
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ same URL, but with the HTTPS scheme.
 
 If you want to force a group of routes to use HTTPS, you can define the default
 scheme when importing them. The following example forces HTTPS on all routes
-defined as annotations:
+defined as attributes:
 
 .. configuration-block::