diff --git a/docs/abi-spec.rst b/docs/abi-spec.rst
index 2fb207c74..21e672014 100644
--- a/docs/abi-spec.rst
+++ b/docs/abi-spec.rst
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ For example,
       function Test() public { b = 0x12345678901234567890123456789012; }
       event Event(uint indexed a, bytes32 b);
       event Event2(uint indexed a, bytes32 b);
-      function foo(uint a) public { Event(a, b); }
+      function foo(uint a) public { emit Event(a, b); }
       bytes32 b;
     }