diff --git a/examples/event-sources/aws-sqs.yaml b/examples/event-sources/aws-sqs.yaml
index 95f46c3631..96701933a2 100644
--- a/examples/event-sources/aws-sqs.yaml
+++ b/examples/event-sources/aws-sqs.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   name: aws-sqs-event-source
 spec:
   type: "sqs"
-  spec:
+  sqs:
     example:
       # accessKey contains information about K8s secret that stores the access key
       accessKey: