diff --git a/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md b/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md
index e7ab79091e..932810350a 100644
--- a/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md
+++ b/docs/development/synapse_architecture/streams.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ necessary registration and event handling.
 - [create a stream class and stream row class](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/synapse/replication/tcp/streams/_base.py#L728)
   - will need an [ID generator](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/synapse/storage/databases/main/thread_subscriptions.py#L75)
     - may need [writer configuration](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/synapse/config/workers.py#L177), if there isn't already an obvious source of configuration for which workers should be designated as writers to your new stream.
-      - if adding new writer configuration, add Docker-worker configuration, which lets us configure the writer worker in Complement tests: [[1]](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py#L331), [[2]](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py#L440)
+      - if adding new writer configuration (`stream_writers`), add Docker-worker configuration, which lets us configure the writer worker in Complement tests: [[1]](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py#L331), [[2]](https://github.com/element-hq/synapse/blob/4367fb2d078c52959aeca0fe6874539c53e8360d/docker/configure_workers_and_start.py#L440)
 - most of the time, you will likely introduce a new datastore class for the concept represented by the new stream, unless there is already an obvious datastore that covers it.
 - consider whether it may make sense to introduce a handler