diff --git a/beanprice/__init__.py b/beanprice/__init__.py
index f943ffc..0fd8ef8 100644
--- a/beanprice/__init__.py
+++ b/beanprice/__init__.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   some other commodity in the past (i.e., for currencies).
 
 - The list of all Commodity directives present in the file. For each of those
-  holdings, the corresponding Commodity directive is consulted and its "ticker"
+  holdings, the corresponding Commodity directive is consulted and its "price"
   metadata field is used to specify where to attempt to fetch prices. You should
   have directives like this in your input file: