diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm
index e06fd5043..0c95f6c14 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/po.pm
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ sub getsetup () { #{{{
 		},
 		po_slave_languages => {
 			type => "string",
-			example => {'fr' => { 'name' => 'Français' },
-				    'es' => { 'name' => 'Castellano' },
-				    'de' => { 'name' => 'Deutsch' },
+			example => {
+				'fr' => 'Français',
+				'es' => 'Castellano',
+				'de' => 'Deutsch'
 			},
 			description => "slave languages (PO files)",
 			safe => 1,
@@ -244,7 +245,6 @@ sub istranslation ($) { #{{{
 	return 0;
 } #}}}
 
-
 package IkiWiki::PageSpec;
 use warnings;
 use strict;
diff --git a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
index daee882ad..28b69e04b 100644
--- a/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/po.mdwn
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Configuration
 `po_slave_languages` is used to set the list of supported "slave"
 languages, such as:
 
-        po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => { 'name' => 'Français', },
-                                'es' => { 'name' => 'Castellano', },
-                                'de' => { 'name' => 'Deutsch', }
+        po_slave_languages => { 'fr' => 'Français',
+                                'es' => 'Castellano',
+                                'de' => 'Deutsch',
         }
 
 Decide which pages are translatable