diff --git a/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md b/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md
index 57e88581616a2..f45bad6d552d4 100644
--- a/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/streaming-programming-guide.md
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ JavaPairDStream<String, Integer> wordCounts = pairs.reduceByKey(
       return i1 + i2;
     }
   });
-wordCount.print();     // Print a few of the counts to the console
+wordCounts.print();     // Print a few of the counts to the console
 {% endhighlight %}
 
 The `words` DStream is further mapped (one-to-one transformation) to a DStream of `(word,