diff --git a/terraform/gen/referencedocs.go.tpl b/terraform/gen/referencedocs.go.tpl
index a91020f3d..3fa0cc601 100644
--- a/terraform/gen/referencedocs.go.tpl
+++ b/terraform/gen/referencedocs.go.tpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Add the following configuration section to your `terraform` configuration block:
 terraform {
   required_providers {
     teleport = {
-      version = ">= (=teleport.version=)"
+      version = "~> (=teleport.major_version=).0"
       source  = "terraform.releases.teleport.dev/gravitational/teleport"
     }
   }
@@ -76,4 +76,4 @@ Example:
 ```
 {{$resource.Example}}
 ```
-{{end}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{end}}
diff --git a/terraform/reference.mdx b/terraform/reference.mdx
index 60134ba70..d373d7d72 100755
--- a/terraform/reference.mdx
+++ b/terraform/reference.mdx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Add the following configuration section to your `terraform` configuration block:
 terraform {
   required_providers {
     teleport = {
-      version = ">= (=teleport.version=)"
+      version = "~> (=teleport.major_version=).0"
       source  = "terraform.releases.teleport.dev/gravitational/teleport"
     }
   }
@@ -2373,3 +2373,4 @@ resource "teleport_user" "example" {
   }
 }
 ```
+