diff --git a/k8s-openapi-derive/src/lib.rs b/k8s-openapi-derive/src/lib.rs
index 5376e7531..823ddcdf5 100644
--- a/k8s-openapi-derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/k8s-openapi-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ impl<T, E> ResultExt<T> for Result<T, E> where E: std::fmt::Display {
 /// specifies which namespace the type will be used from. For example, setting `has_subresources = "v1"` causes the field to be of the
 /// `k8s_openapi::apiextensions_apiserver::pkg::apis::apiextensions::v1::CustomResourceSubresources` type.
 ///
-/// The `generate_schema` meta item is optional. If set, the generated custom resource type will impl the `k8s_openapi::DeepMerge` trait. This impl will require
+/// The `impl_deep_merge` meta item is optional. If set, the generated custom resource type will impl the `k8s_openapi::DeepMerge` trait. This impl will require
 /// you to impl `k8s_openapi::DeepMerge` on the spec type yourself.
 ///
 /// You would then register this custom resource definition with Kubernetes, with code like this: