diff --git a/changelog/11065.doc.rst b/changelog/11065.doc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70a3db92c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/11065.doc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Use pytestconfig instead of request.config in cache example
+
+to be consistent with the API documentation.
diff --git a/doc/en/how-to/cache.rst b/doc/en/how-to/cache.rst
index 03ab0c777..1b2a454cc 100644
--- a/doc/en/how-to/cache.rst
+++ b/doc/en/how-to/cache.rst
@@ -213,12 +213,12 @@ across pytest invocations:
 
 
     @pytest.fixture
-    def mydata(request):
-        val = request.config.cache.get("example/value", None)
+    def mydata(pytestconfig):
+        val = pytestconfig.cache.get("example/value", None)
         if val is None:
             expensive_computation()
             val = 42
-            request.config.cache.set("example/value", val)
+            pytestconfig.cache.set("example/value", val)
         return val