diff --git a/settings.toml b/settings.toml
index 537254bea7..3074415c1d 100644
--- a/settings.toml
+++ b/settings.toml
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ description = "The age private key to use for sops secret decryption."
 env = "MISE_SOPS_AGE_KEY_FILE"
 type = "Path"
 optional = true
-default_docs = "~/.config/mise/age.key"
+default_docs = "~/.config/mise/age.txt"
 description = "Path to the age private key file to use for sops secret decryption."
 
 [sops.age_recipients]