diff --git a/backend/src/config/auth.config.spec.ts b/backend/src/config/auth.config.spec.ts
index 650a5c157..4654dfb38 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/auth.config.spec.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/auth.config.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ describe('authConfig', () => {
     const tlsCaContent = ['test-cert\n'];
     const completeLdapConfig = {
       /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/naming-convention */
-      HD_AUTH_LDAPS: ldapNames.join(','),
+      HD_AUTH_LDAP_SERVERS: ldapNames.join(','),
       HD_AUTH_LDAP_FUTURAMA_PROVIDER_NAME: providerName,
       HD_AUTH_LDAP_FUTURAMA_URL: url,
       HD_AUTH_LDAP_FUTURAMA_SEARCH_BASE: searchBase,
diff --git a/backend/src/config/auth.config.ts b/backend/src/config/auth.config.ts
index 65269c039..6aef3b705 100644
--- a/backend/src/config/auth.config.ts
+++ b/backend/src/config/auth.config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The HedgeDoc developers (see AUTHORS file)
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
  */
@@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ export default registerAs('authConfig', () => {
   const gitlabNames = (
     toArrayConfig(process.env.HD_AUTH_GITLABS, ',') ?? []
   ).map((name) => name.toUpperCase());
-  const ldapNames = (toArrayConfig(process.env.HD_AUTH_LDAPS, ',') ?? []).map(
-    (name) => name.toUpperCase(),
-  );
+  const ldapNames = (
+    toArrayConfig(process.env.HD_AUTH_LDAP_SERVERS, ',') ?? []
+  ).map((name) => name.toUpperCase());
   const samlNames = (toArrayConfig(process.env.HD_AUTH_SAMLS, ',') ?? []).map(
     (name) => name.toUpperCase(),
   );
diff --git a/docs/content/config/index.md b/docs/content/config/index.md
index b1c700a26..70df3e586 100644
--- a/docs/content/config/index.md
+++ b/docs/content/config/index.md
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ The password score is calculated with [zxcvbn-ts][zxcvbn-ts-score].
 ### LDAP
 
 HedgeDoc can use one or multiple LDAP servers to authenticate users. To do this,
-you first need to tell HedgeDoc the names of servers you want to use (`HD_AUTH_LDAPS`),
+you first need to tell HedgeDoc the names of servers you want to use (`HD_AUTH_LDAP_SERVERS`),
 and then you need to provide the configuration for those LDAP servers
 depending on how you want to use them.
 Each of those variables will contain the given name for this LDAP server.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ will start with `HD_AUTH_LDAP_MY_LDAP`.
 
 | environment variable                       | default              | example                                            | description                                                                                                   |
 | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `HD_AUTH_LDAPS`                            | -                    | `MY_LDAP`                                          | A comma-seperated list of names of LDAP servers HedgeDoc should use.                                          |
+| `HD_AUTH_LDAP_SERVERS`                     | -                    | `MY_LDAP`                                          | A comma-seperated list of names of LDAP servers HedgeDoc should use.                                          |
 | `HD_AUTH_LDAP_$NAME_PROVIDER_NAME`         | `LDAP`               | `My LDAP`                                          | The display name for the LDAP server, that is shown in the UI of HegdeDoc.                                    |
 | `HD_AUTH_LDAP_$NAME_URL`                   | -                    | `ldaps://ldap.example.com`                         | The url with which the LDAP server can be accessed.                                                           |
 | `HD_AUTH_LDAP_$NAME_SEARCH_BASE`           | -                    | `ou=users,dc=LDAP,dc=example,dc=com`               | The LDAP search base which contains the user accounts on the LDAP server.                                     |
diff --git a/docs/content/dev/auth/ldap.md b/docs/content/dev/auth/ldap.md
index 379db3180..e040b620f 100644
--- a/docs/content/dev/auth/ldap.md
+++ b/docs/content/dev/auth/ldap.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ docker run --rm -p 10389:10389 -p 10636:10636 rroemhild/test-openldap
 and add the following to the `.env` file before starting the backend.
 
 ```dotenv
-HD_AUTH_LDAPS="FUTURAMA"
+HD_AUTH_LDAP_SERVERS="FUTURAMA"
 HD_AUTH_LDAP_FUTURAMA_PROVIDER_NAME="Futurama LDAP"
 HD_AUTH_LDAP_FUTURAMA_URL="ldap://localhost:10389"
 HD_AUTH_LDAP_FUTURAMA_SEARCH_BASE="ou=people,dc=planetexpress,dc=com"