diff --git a/packages/styles/docs/sass.md b/packages/styles/docs/sass.md
index 2a2a83fe6cc8..aea1d25b0f0a 100644
--- a/packages/styles/docs/sass.md
+++ b/packages/styles/docs/sass.md
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ your project. The type package includes various type tokens and mixins.
 @use '@carbon/styles/scss/type';
 
 .my-selector {
-  @include type.style(type.$productive-heading-01);
+  @include type.type-style('productive-heading-01');
 }
 ```