diff --git a/docs/persistent-identifiers.rst b/docs/persistent-identifiers.rst
index c796a808ff8670f9a13cc13f32b5018ccdfbc35d..7f41d610561b80a288aa3719eeeca543bc92848d 100644
--- a/docs/persistent-identifiers.rst
+++ b/docs/persistent-identifiers.rst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ captured by ``<object_type>``:
 * ``rel`` to **releases**,
 * ``rev`` to **revisions**,
 * ``dir`` to **directories**,
-* ``cnt`` to **releases**.
+* ``cnt`` to **contents**.
 
 The actual object pointed to is identified by the intrinsic identifier
 ``<object_id>``, which is a hex-encoded (using lowercase ASCII characters) SHA1