diff --git a/docs/sources/auth/gitlab.md b/docs/sources/auth/gitlab.md
index 0c5e9d8dd7f..3e14ae5977d 100644
--- a/docs/sources/auth/gitlab.md
+++ b/docs/sources/auth/gitlab.md
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ instance, if you access Grafana at `http://203.0.113.31:3000`, you should use
 http://203.0.113.31:3000/login/gitlab
 ```
 
-Finally, select *api* as the *Scope* and submit the form. Note that if you're
+Finally, select *read_api* as the *Scope* and submit the form. Note that if you're
 not going to use GitLab groups for authorization (i.e. not setting
-`allowed_groups`, see below), you can select *read_user* instead of *api* as
+`allowed_groups`, see below), you can select *read_user* instead of *read_api* as
 the *Scope*, thus giving a more restricted access to your GitLab API.
 
 You'll get an *Application Id* and a *Secret* in return; we'll call them