diff --git a/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt b/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt
index 47fef524..980a2a90 100644
--- a/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt
+++ b/doc/zmq_ctx_get.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EXAMPLE
 .Setting a limit on the number of sockets
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 void *context = zmq_ctx_new ();
-zmq_ctx_get (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS, 256);
+zmq_ctx_set (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS, 256);
 int max_sockets = zmq_ctx_get (context, ZMQ_MAX_SOCKETS);
 assert (max_sockets == 256);
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