diff --git a/doc/ref/runners/index.rst b/doc/ref/runners/index.rst
index 6d0e41e49a..41a8966bb2 100644
--- a/doc/ref/runners/index.rst
+++ b/doc/ref/runners/index.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ responding to Salt calls would look like this:
         '''
         Print a list of all of the minions that are up
         '''
-        client = salt.client.LocalClient(__opts__['config'])
+        client = salt.client.LocalClient(__opts__['conf_file'])
         minions = client.cmd('*', 'test.ping', timeout=1)
         for minion in sorted(minions):
             print minion