diff --git a/docs/source/methods/depletion.rst b/docs/source/methods/depletion.rst
index ebd238eaa..dce1f2503 100644
--- a/docs/source/methods/depletion.rst
+++ b/docs/source/methods/depletion.rst
@@ -243,5 +243,5 @@ user to choose one of two methods for estimating the heating rate, including:
 2. Using the ``heating`` or ``heating-local`` scores to obtain an nuclide- and
    energy-dependent estimate of the true heating rate.
 
-The method for normalization can be chosen through the ``energy_mode`` argument
-to the :class:`openmc.deplete.Operator` class.
+The method for normalization can be chosen through the ``normalization_mode``
+argument to the :class:`openmc.deplete.Operator` class.
diff --git a/docs/source/usersguide/depletion.rst b/docs/source/usersguide/depletion.rst
index 2f59d7252..3d5517416 100644
--- a/docs/source/usersguide/depletion.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usersguide/depletion.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ reactions described in :ref:`methods_heating`.  These values can be used to norm
 reaction rates instead of using the fission reaction rates with::
 
     op = openmc.deplete.Operator(geometry, settings, "chain.xml",
-        energy_mode="energy-deposition")
+        normalization_mode="energy-deposition")
 
 These modified heating libraries can be generated by running the latest version
 of :meth:`openmc.data.IncidentNeutron.from_njoy`, and will eventually be bundled into