diff --git a/website/content/docs/templates/hcl_templates/datasources.mdx b/website/content/docs/templates/hcl_templates/datasources.mdx
index d596c61fc04..3a8878ff3f7 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/templates/hcl_templates/datasources.mdx
+++ b/website/content/docs/templates/hcl_templates/datasources.mdx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ locals {
 ```hcl
 // in a source
 source "amazon-ebs" "basic-example" {
-  source_ami = locals.source_ami
+  source_ami = local.source_ami
   // ...
 }
 ```