diff --git a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md
index 8e5a8707a8..68ebef2bc2 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/tasks/run-application/horizontal-pod-autoscale-walkthrough.md
@@ -310,7 +310,9 @@ spec:
     pods:
       metric:
         name: packets-per-second
-      targetAverageValue: 1k
+      target:
+        type: AverageValue
+        averageValue: 1k
   - type: Object
     object:
       metric: