diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/snmp.nix b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/snmp.nix
index edc6e4b5022a..ad4723d28405 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/snmp.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/monitoring/prometheus/exporters/snmp.nix
@@ -24,11 +24,9 @@ in
         Snmp exporter configuration as nix attribute set. Mutually exclusive with 'configurationPath' option.
       '';
       example = {
-        "default" = {
-          "version" = 2;
-          "auth" = {
-            "community" = "public";
-          };
+        auths.public_v2 = {
+          community = "public";
+          version = 2;
         };
       };
     };
diff --git a/nixos/tests/prometheus-exporters.nix b/nixos/tests/prometheus-exporters.nix
index 53e6626c0e32..5872b02b609e 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/prometheus-exporters.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/prometheus-exporters.nix
@@ -1392,9 +1392,11 @@ let
     snmp = {
       exporterConfig = {
         enable = true;
-        configuration.default = {
-          version = 2;
-          auth.community = "public";
+        configuration = {
+          auths.public_v2 = {
+            community = "public";
+            version = 2;
+          };
         };
       };
       exporterTest = ''