diff --git a/docs/gl_objects/users.rst b/docs/gl_objects/users.rst
index 9a0bbf50e..d86d2ed30 100644
--- a/docs/gl_objects/users.rst
+++ b/docs/gl_objects/users.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Delete a custom attribute for a user::
 
 Search users by custom attribute::
 
-    user.customattributes.set('role': 'QA')
+    user.customattributes.set('role', 'QA')
     gl.users.list(custom_attributes={'role': 'QA'})
 
 User impersonation tokens