diff --git a/.changeset/olive-snakes-begin.md b/.changeset/olive-snakes-begin.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@primer/css": patch
+---
+
+Fix light-theme attr reference in theme docs
diff --git a/docs/content/support/theming.md b/docs/content/support/theming.md
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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Configure Primer CSS to use a certain theme by setting HTML attributes.
 
 Theme | data attributes
 --- | ---
-Light | `data-color-mode="light" data-dark-theme="light"`
+Light | `data-color-mode="light" data-light-theme="light"`
 Dark | `data-color-mode="dark" data-dark-theme="dark"`
 Dark Dimmed | `data-color-mode="dark" data-dark-theme="dark_dimmed"`
 Dark High Contrast | `data-color-mode="dark" data-dark-theme="dark_high_contrast"`