diff --git a/docs/api_examples/template_path/make_html.py b/docs/api_examples/template_path/make_html.py
index 606dc4d07..40e2fb7a2 100644
--- a/docs/api_examples/template_path/make_html.py
+++ b/docs/api_examples/template_path/make_html.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """
 this script builds html files with either classic or classic_clone templates
+
+Note: nbconvert 6.1 changed ``template_path`` to ``template_paths``
 """
 import nbformat
 from traitlets.config import Config
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@
 the_ipynb = nbformat.read(nbfile, as_version=4)
 
 c = Config()
-c.TemplateExporter.template_path = ['.', './project_templates']
+c.TemplateExporter.template_paths = ['.', './project_templates']
 for template in ['classic', 'classic_clone']:
     c.HTMLExporter.template_name = template
     html_exporter = HTMLExporter(config=c)
diff --git a/docs/source/external_exporters.rst b/docs/source/external_exporters.rst
index cb089b9f2..ec4183a11 100644
--- a/docs/source/external_exporters.rst
+++ b/docs/source/external_exporters.rst
@@ -188,12 +188,14 @@ We are going to write an exporter that:
             return '.test_ext'
 
         @property
-        def template_path(self):
+        def template_paths(self):
             """
             We want to inherit from HTML template, and have template under
             ``./templates/`` so append it to the search path. (see next section)
+
+            Note: nbconvert 6.1 changed ``template_path`` to ``template_paths``
             """
-            return super().template_path+[os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates")]
+            return super().template_paths+[os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates")]
 
         def _template_file_default(self):
             """