diff --git a/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml b/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml
index 5c9d362..c6ab856 100644
--- a/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml
+++ b/doc/fontconfig-user.sgml
@@ -567,13 +567,13 @@ This is an example of a system-wide configuration file
 </match>
 
 <!--
-	Names not including any well known alias are given 'sans'
+	Names not including any well known alias are given 'sans-serif'
 -->
 <match target="pattern">
-	<test qual="all" name="family" mode="not_eq">sans</test>
-	<test qual="all" name="family" mode="not_eq">serif</test>
-	<test qual="all" name="family" mode="not_eq">monospace</test>
-	<edit name="family" mode="append_last"><string>sans</string></edit>
+	<test qual="all" name="family" mode="not_eq"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
+	<test qual="all" name="family" mode="not_eq"><string>serif</string></test>
+	<test qual="all" name="family" mode="not_eq"><string>monospace</string></test>
+	<edit name="family" mode="append_last"><string>sans-serif</string></edit>
 </match>
 
 <!--