diff --git a/docs/source/user-guide/io/json.rst b/docs/source/user-guide/io/json.rst
index 5949a0380..1ee065c44 100644
--- a/docs/source/user-guide/io/json.rst
+++ b/docs/source/user-guide/io/json.rst
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ When it comes to reading a JSON file, using :meth:`.SessionContext.read_json` is
     from datafusion import SessionContext
 
     ctx = SessionContext()
-    df = ctx.read_avro("file.json")
\ No newline at end of file
+    df = ctx.read_json("file.json")