diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 94db919..27eeca0 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ To serve packages from a directory on the host, e.g. ``~/packages``::
 
     docker run -p 80:8080 -v ~/packages:/data/packages pypiserver/pypiserver:latest
 
-To authenticate against a local ``.htaccess`` file::
+To authenticate against a local ``.htpasswd`` file::
 
-    docker run -p 80:8080 -v ~/.htaccess:/data/.htaccess pypiserver/pypiserver:latest -P .htaccess packages
+    docker run -p 80:8080 -v ~/.htpasswd:/data/.htpasswd pypiserver/pypiserver:latest -P .htpasswd packages
 
 You can also specify ``pypiserver`` to run as a Docker service using a
 composefile. An example composefile is `provided <docker-compose.yml>`_.
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ package and as such, it provides excellent cross-platform support for process
 management. An example configuration file for ``supervisor`` is given below::
 
     [program:pypi]
-    command=/home/pypi/pypi-venv/bin/pypi-server -p 7001 -P /home/pypi/.htaccess /home/pypi/packages
+    command=/home/pypi/pypi-venv/bin/pypi-server -p 7001 -P /home/pypi/.htpasswd /home/pypi/packages
     directory=/home/pypi
     user=pypi
     autostart=true
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bea2b8d..89bc2cc 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ services:
             - type: bind
               source: ./data
               target: /data
-        # Use an .htaccess file to control access, serve packages from
+        # Use an .htpasswd file to control access, serve packages from
         # ./data (which will be /data in the container)
-        command: -P /data/.htaccess -a update,download,list /data/packages
+        command: -P /data/.htpasswd -a update,download,list /data/packages
         ports:
             - "80:8080"
 volumes: