diff --git a/docs/production/authentication-methods.md b/docs/production/authentication-methods.md
index e6b1389a75..1282c4326d 100644
--- a/docs/production/authentication-methods.md
+++ b/docs/production/authentication-methods.md
@@ -588,12 +588,12 @@ domain for your server).
 1. Create a [Sign in with Apple private key][apple-create-private-key].
 
 1. Store the resulting private key at
-   `/etc/zulip/apple/zulip-private-key.key`.  Be sure to set
+   `/etc/zulip/apple-auth-key.p8`.  Be sure to set
    permissions correctly:
 
    ```
-   chown -R zulip:zulip /etc/zulip/apple/
-   chmod 640 /etc/zulip/apple/zulip-private-key.key
+   chown zulip:zulip /etc/zulip/apple-auth-key.p8
+   chmod 640 /etc/zulip/apple-auth-key.p8
    ```
 
 1. Configure Apple authentication in `/etc/zulip/settings.py`:
diff --git a/templates/zerver/apple-error.md b/templates/zerver/apple-error.md
index 14fde1bb32..f39e88e017 100644
--- a/templates/zerver/apple-error.md
+++ b/templates/zerver/apple-error.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ properly configured. Please check the following:
   `SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_BUNDLE_ID`, `SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_TEAM`,
   `SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_KEY` and `SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_TEAM` in `{{
   settings_path }}` and stored the private key provided by Apple at
-  `/etc/zulip/apple/zulip-private-key.key` on the Zulip server, with
+  `/etc/zulip/apple-auth-key.p8` on the Zulip server, with
   proper permissions set.
 
 * Navigate back to the login page and attempt the "Sign in with Apple"
diff --git a/zproject/computed_settings.py b/zproject/computed_settings.py
index 0edf3afcd9..5a88ff3c7e 100644
--- a/zproject/computed_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/computed_settings.py
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_CLIENT = SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_SERVICES_ID
 SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_AUDIENCE = [id for id in [SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_CLIENT, SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_BUNDLE_ID] if id is not None]
 
 if PRODUCTION:
-    SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_SECRET = get_from_file_if_exists("/etc/zulip/apple/zulip-private-key.key")
+    SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_SECRET = get_from_file_if_exists("/etc/zulip/apple-auth-key.p8")
 else:
     SOCIAL_AUTH_APPLE_SECRET = get_from_file_if_exists("zproject/dev_apple.key")