diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java
index 70377ae2fa46d..8adabb6095945 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/consumer/ConsumerConfig.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class ConsumerConfig extends AbstractConfig {
      * <code>auto.offset.reset</code>
      */
     public static final String AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_CONFIG = "auto.offset.reset";
-    private static final String AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_DOC = "What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if the current offset does not exist any more on the server (e.g. because that data has been deleted): <ul><li>smallest: automatically reset the offset to the smallest offset<li>largest: automatically reset the offset to the largest offset</li><li>none: throw exception to the consumer if no previous offset is found for the consumer's group</li><li>anything else: throw exception to the consumer.</li></ul>";
+    private static final String AUTO_OFFSET_RESET_DOC = "What to do when there is no initial offset in Kafka or if the current offset does not exist any more on the server (e.g. because that data has been deleted): <ul><li>earliest: automatically reset the offset to the earliest offset<li>latest: automatically reset the offset to the latest offset</li><li>none: throw exception to the consumer if no previous offset is found for the consumer's group</li><li>anything else: throw exception to the consumer.</li></ul>";
 
     /**
      * <code>fetch.min.bytes</code>