diff --git a/docs/postgres.rst b/docs/postgres.rst
index 2dcc3caf9e..76a76cbb54 100644
--- a/docs/postgres.rst
+++ b/docs/postgres.rst
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ complete, restart synapse.  For instance::
     cp homeserver.db homeserver.db.snapshot
     ./synctl start
 
-Assuming your database config file (as described in the section *Synapse
-config*) is named ``database_config.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at
+Assuming your new config file (as described in the section *Synapse config*)
+is named ``homeserver-postgres.yaml`` and the SQLite snapshot is at
 ``homeserver.db.snapshot`` then simply run::
 
     python scripts/port_from_sqlite_to_postgres.py \