diff --git a/example_config.yaml b/example_config.yaml
index 5f62329..8b6bffa 100644
--- a/example_config.yaml
+++ b/example_config.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ chihaya:
 
       # The number of partitions data will be divided into in order to provide a
       # higher degree of parallelism.
-      shards: 1024
+      shard_count: 1024
 
       # The interval at which metrics about the number of infohashes and peers
       # are collected and posted to Prometheus.