diff --git a/docs/developer/registry-access.md b/docs/developer/registry-access.md
index 3f5d06c09..a438d565d 100644
--- a/docs/developer/registry-access.md
+++ b/docs/developer/registry-access.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ request = commands.UpdateDomain(name="okay.gov", add=[common.HostObjSet(["ns1.ok
 ```
 
 ```
-request = commands.UpdateDomain(name="okay.gov", add=[common.DomainContact(contact="sh8014", type="technical")])
+request = commands.UpdateDomain(name="okay.gov", add=[common.DomainContact(contact="sh8014", type="tech")])
 ```
 
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