diff --git a/encryption-at-rest.md b/encryption-at-rest.md
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--- a/encryption-at-rest.md
+++ b/encryption-at-rest.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ type = "file"
 path = "/path/to/key/file"
 ```
 
-Here `path` is the path to the key file. The file must contain a 256 bits (or 16 bytes) key encoded as hex string, end with a newline (`\n`) and contain nothing else. Example of the file content:
+Here `path` is the path to the key file. The file must contain a 256 bits (or 32 bytes) key encoded as hex string, end with a newline (`\n`) and contain nothing else. Example of the file content:
 
 ```
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