diff --git a/src/doc/cfood.rst b/src/doc/cfood.rst
index 9f94202814a83556d64f34a089ef6b60c8010f00..6564ee677f0b363a52c44dd5ceabe5378c255105 100644
--- a/src/doc/cfood.rst
+++ b/src/doc/cfood.rst
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ in a vairable with the same name (as it is the case for other Records).
         records:
           fileEntity:
             role: File           # necessary to create a File Entity
-            path: somefile_path  # defines the path in CaosDB
-            file: somefile_path  # path where the file is found locally
+            path: somefile.path  # defines the path in CaosDB
+            file: somefile.path  # path where the file is found locally
           SomeRecord:
             ParameterFile: $fileEntity  # creates a reference to the file