diff --git a/docs/kittens/ssh.rst b/docs/kittens/ssh.rst
index 21c521ec3..a3100a230 100644
--- a/docs/kittens/ssh.rst
+++ b/docs/kittens/ssh.rst
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ transmitted instantly without any roundtrip delay.
 
    This may or may not work when using terminal multiplexers, depending on
    whether they passthrough the escape codes and if the values of the
-   environment variables :env:`KITTY_PID` and :env:`KITTY_WINDOW_ID` are
+   environment variables :envvar:`KITTY_PID` and :envvar:`KITTY_WINDOW_ID` are
    correct in the current session (they can be wrong when connecting to a tmux
    session running in a different window) and the ssh kitten is run in the
    currently active multiplexer window.