diff --git a/docs/source/generics.rst b/docs/source/generics.rst
index 15538dea13bf..5d787d32b005 100644
--- a/docs/source/generics.rst
+++ b/docs/source/generics.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Using ``Stack`` is similar to built-in container types:
    stack.push('x')
 
    stack2: Stack[str] = Stack()
-   stack2.append('x')
+   stack2.push('x')
 
 Construction of instances of generic types is type checked (Python 3.12 syntax):