diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 9d850c62f359db56e27ee98d2a662ea77dfbb66f..b3c7365e6a523fca4ca02813e2e91be248196557 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -4483,7 +4483,7 @@ Furthermore, @code{(gnu services ssh)} provides the following service.
        [#:allow-empty-passwords? #f] [#:root-login? #f] @
        [#:syslog-output? #t] [#:x11-forwarding? #t] @
        [#:tcp/ip-forwarding? #t] [#:password-authentication? #t] @
-       [public-key-authentication? #t] [#:initialize? #f]
+       [#:public-key-authentication? #t] [#:initialize? #f]
 Run the @command{lshd} program from @var{lsh} to listen on port @var{port-number}.
 @var{host-key} must designate a file containing the host key, and readable
 only by root.