diff --git a/docs/reviewbot/tools/checkstyle.rst b/docs/reviewbot/tools/checkstyle.rst
index 20c97621ca52a393f9e50ce86d226639393543e6..820242320259e33487b2d1e4bf702d3faa468a45 100644
--- a/docs/reviewbot/tools/checkstyle.rst
+++ b/docs/reviewbot/tools/checkstyle.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ First, make sure you have :command:`java` in your path, or specified in
 .. code-block:: python
 
    exe_paths = {
-       'java': ['/path/to/java'],
+       'java': '/path/to/java',
    }
 
 You'll then need to :ref:`specify the path <worker-configuration-exe-paths>`