diff --git a/etc/examples/nodes/kafka.conf b/etc/examples/nodes/kafka.conf
index 1ff98c5cd..cf047ea83 100644
--- a/etc/examples/nodes/kafka.conf
+++ b/etc/examples/nodes/kafka.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ nodes = {
 		ssl = {
 			ca = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem",
 		},
-		sals = {
+		sasl = {
 			mechanisms = "SCRAM-SHA-512",
 			username = "scram-sha-512-usr",
 			password = "scram-sha-512-pwd"
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ nodes = {
 		ssl = {
 			ca = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca.pem",
 		},
-		sals = {
+		sasl = {
 			mechanisms = "SCRAM-SHA-512",
 			username = "scram-sha-512-usr",
 			password = "scram-sha-512-pwd"