diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_disk.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_disk.html.markdown
index 1542fd8d93..f23e1689f8 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_disk.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/vsphere/r/virtual_disk.html.markdown
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ resource "vsphere_virtual_disk" "myDisk" {
     vmdk_path = "myDisk.vmdk"
     datacenter = "Datacenter"
     datastore = "local"
-    init_type = "thin"
+    type = "thin"
 }
 ```