diff --git a/content/en/docs/instrumentation/php/manual.md b/content/en/docs/instrumentation/php/manual.md
index 7928cbb22761..5cc5a7fde021 100644
--- a/content/en/docs/instrumentation/php/manual.md
+++ b/content/en/docs/instrumentation/php/manual.md
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ $queue = [
     'job2',
     'job3',
 ];
-$meterProvider
+$reader = $meterProvider
     ->getMeter('demo_meter')
     ->createObservableGauge('queued', 'jobs', 'The number of jobs enqueued')
     ->observe(static function (ObserverInterface $observer) use (&$queue): void {