diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst
index 936716917..5683ba775 100644
--- a/docs/contracts.rst
+++ b/docs/contracts.rst
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ The use in the JavaScript API would be as follows:
 
     var abi = /* abi as generated by the compiler */;
     var ClientReceipt = web3.eth.contract(abi);
-    var clientReceipt = ClientReceipt.at(0x123 /* address */);
+    var clientReceipt = ClientReceipt.at("0x123" /* string of address */);
 
     var event = clientReceipt.Deposit();