diff --git a/website/docs/api/doc.md b/website/docs/api/doc.md
index 420e12fcb..93f63e582 100644
--- a/website/docs/api/doc.md
+++ b/website/docs/api/doc.md
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Create a `Span` object from the slice `doc.text[start_idx:end_idx]`. Returns
 | `label`                              | uint64 / unicode                         | A label to attach to the span, e.g. for named entities.                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `kb_id` <Tag variant="new">2.2</Tag> | uint64 / unicode                         | An ID from a knowledge base to capture the meaning of a named entity.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `vector`                             | `numpy.ndarray[ndim=1, dtype='float32']` | A meaning representation of the span.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
-| `mode`                               | `str`                                    | How character indices snap to token boundaries. Options: "strict" (no snapping), "inside" (span of all tokens completely within the character span), "outside" (span of all tokens at least partially covered by the character span). Defaults to "strict". |
+| `alignment_mode`                     | `str`                                    | How character indices snap to token boundaries. Options: "strict" (no snapping), "inside" (span of all tokens completely within the character span), "outside" (span of all tokens at least partially covered by the character span). Defaults to "strict". |
 | **RETURNS**                          | `Span`                                   | The newly constructed object or `None`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 
 ## Doc.similarity {#similarity tag="method" model="vectors"}