diff --git a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go
index 94dac2172..035dcbece 100644
--- a/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go
+++ b/caddyconfig/httpcaddyfile/directives.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var directiveOrder = []string{
 	"try_files",
 
 	"basicauth",
-	"headers",
+	"header",
 	"request_header",
 	"encode",
 	"templates",
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go b/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go
index 55ad99178..ee1a81a56 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/headers/caddyfile.go
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	httpcaddyfile.RegisterHandlerDirective("headers", parseCaddyfile)
+	httpcaddyfile.RegisterHandlerDirective("header", parseCaddyfile)
 	httpcaddyfile.RegisterHandlerDirective("request_header", parseReqHdrCaddyfile)
 }
 
 // parseCaddyfile sets up the handler for response headers from
 // Caddyfile tokens. Syntax:
 //
-//     headers [<matcher>] [[+|-]<field> [<value|regexp>] [<replacement>]] {
+//     header [<matcher>] [[+|-]<field> [<value|regexp>] [<replacement>]] {
 //         [+]<field> [<value|regexp> [<replacement>]]
 //         -<field>
 //     }