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@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ database, and to use this value as the source database. This correlates to the
 * `snapshot_identifier` - (Optional) Specifies whether or not to create this database from a snapshot. This correlates to the snapshot ID you'd find in the RDS console, e.g: rds:production-2015-06-26-06-05.
 * `license_model` - (Optional, but required for some DB engines, i.e. Oracle SE1) License model information for this DB instance.
 * `auto_minor_version_upgrade` - (Optional) Indicates that minor engine upgrades will be applied automatically to the DB instance during the maintenance window. Defaults to true.
-* `auto_major_version_upgrade` - (Optional) Indicates that major version upgrades are allowed. Changing this parameter does not result in an outage and the change is asynchronously applied as soon as possible.
+* `allow_major_version_upgrade` - (Optional) Indicates that major version upgrades are allowed. Changing this parameter does not result in an outage and the change is asynchronously applied as soon as possible.
 
 ~> **NOTE:** Removing the `replicate_source_db` attribute from an existing RDS
 Replicate database managed by Terraform will promote the database to a fully