diff --git a/docs/contracts.rst b/docs/contracts.rst
index 9e35be844..26c0c8860 100644
--- a/docs/contracts.rst
+++ b/docs/contracts.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ From ``web3.js``, i.e. the JavaScript
 API, this is done as follows::
 
     // Need to specify some source including contract name for the data param below
-    var source = "contract CONTRACT_NAME { function CONTRACT_NAME(unit a, uint b) {} }";
+    var source = "contract CONTRACT_NAME { function CONTRACT_NAME(uint a, uint b) {} }";
 
     // The json abi array generated by the compiler
     var abiArray = [