diff --git a/ctl/config.go b/ctl/config.go
index 3d940aff1..886240b7b 100644
--- a/ctl/config.go
+++ b/ctl/config.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ bind = "localhost:10101"
 [anti-entropy]
   interval = "10m0s"
 
-[metrics]
+[metric]
 	service = "statsd"
 	host = "127.0.0.1:8125"