diff --git a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
index 0e97fd019994..35b550671ca7 100644
--- a/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scheduler/sched-ext.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ optional. The following modified excerpt is from
 
     void BPF_STRUCT_OPS(simple_exit, struct scx_exit_info *ei)
     {
-            exit_type = ei->type;
+            exit_type = ei->kind;
     }
 
     SEC(".struct_ops")