diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
index 7510693b185690bfbb20fa11420508f69a4d5511..9267a9b7564a60b5792488b0ec72b9fc2ea43f0c 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ valid flags are ``cflags``, ``cxxflags``, ``fflags``, ``cppflags``,
          cxx: /usr/local/bin/icpc-15.0.024-beta
          f77: /usr/local/bin/ifort-15.0.024-beta
          fc: /usr/local/bin/ifort-15.0.024-beta
-       parameters:
+       flags:
          cppflags: -O3 -fPIC
        spec: intel@15.0.0: