diff --git a/lib/pure/pegs.nim b/lib/pure/pegs.nim
index 7cef0a00d0..53b09a7066 100644
--- a/lib/pure/pegs.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/pegs.nim
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ proc replacef*(s: string, sub: Peg, by: string): string {.
   ## with the notation ``$i`` and ``$#`` (see strutils.`%`). Examples:
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: nim
-  ##   "var1=key; var2=key2".replace(peg"{\ident}'='{\ident}", "$1<-$2$2")
+  ##   "var1=key; var2=key2".replacef(peg"{\ident}'='{\ident}", "$1<-$2$2")
   ##
   ## Results in:
   ##