diff --git a/docs/gl_objects/merge_requests.rst b/docs/gl_objects/merge_requests.rst
index 351c5a38f..45ccc83f7 100644
--- a/docs/gl_objects/merge_requests.rst
+++ b/docs/gl_objects/merge_requests.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Get a diff for a merge request::
 
 Get time tracking stats::
 
-    merge request.time_stats()
+    time_stats = mr.time_stats()
 
 On recent versions of Gitlab the time stats are also returned as a merge
 request object attribute::