diff --git a/docs/src/pages/components/Dropdown.svx b/docs/src/pages/components/Dropdown.svx
index 2cc508d1..58fa35ff 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/components/Dropdown.svx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/components/Dropdown.svx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Set `direction` to `"top"` for the dropdown menu to appear above the input.
   {id: "1", text: "Email"},
   {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}" />
 
-### Inline type
+### Inline variant
 
 <Dropdown type="inline" titleText="Contact" selectedIndex={0} items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
   {id: "1", text: "Email"},
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/components/MultiSelect.svx b/docs/src/pages/components/MultiSelect.svx
index 018bd30f..082f8586 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/components/MultiSelect.svx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/components/MultiSelect.svx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Set `direction` to `"top"` for the dropdown menu to appear above the input.
     {id: "2", text: "Fax"}]}"
   />
 
-### Inline type
+### Inline variant
 
 <MultiSelect type="inline" titleText="Contact" label="Select contact methods..."
     items="{[{id: "0", text: "Slack"},
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/components/Select.svx b/docs/src/pages/components/Select.svx
index acb069db..85735678 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/components/Select.svx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/components/Select.svx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ components: ["Select", "SelectItem", "SelectItemGroup", "SelectSkeleton"]
   <SelectItem value="g100" text="Gray 100" />
 </Select>
 
-### Inline type
+### Inline variant
 
 <Select inline labelText="Carbon theme" selected="g10" >
   <SelectItem value="white" text="White" />