diff --git a/config.example.sh b/config.example.sh
index 9875f1d..357a8ac 100755
--- a/config.example.sh
+++ b/config.example.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ OFFLOAD_TARGET="rsync://somewhere-far-away:portnum/module-name/directory/"
 # simply comment out the line above and put all rsync target urls separated by newline in a file called "offload_targets"
 
 # the API for requesting the ZSTD dictionaries
-ZST_DICTIONARY_API="API URL"
+ZST_DICTIONARY_API="API_URL"
 
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 # DIRECTORIES #