diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx.adoc
index 43c074063a503..38c0b7a806b5b 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/vertx.adoc
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ The one we are going to use in this section is the Vert.x File System.
 It provides a non-blocking API to access files.
 
 
-In the `src/main/resource` directory, create a `lorem.txt` file with the following content:
+In the `src/main/resources` directory, create a `lorem.txt` file with the following content:
 
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