diff --git a/website/docs/configuration/providers.html.md b/website/docs/configuration/providers.html.md index 71f657aa42..ebeb8e15f7 100644 --- a/website/docs/configuration/providers.html.md +++ b/website/docs/configuration/providers.html.md @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ host operating system: `terraform init` will search this directory for additional plugins during plugin initialization. -The naming scheme for provider plugins is `terraform-provider-NAME-vX.Y.Z`, +The naming scheme for provider plugins is `terraform-provider-NAME_vX.Y.Z`, and Terraform uses the name to understand the name and version of a particular provider binary. Third-party plugins will often be distributed with an appropriate filename already set in the distribution archive so that it can