diff --git a/doc/DOCUMENTATION.org b/doc/DOCUMENTATION.org
index a221c0ce17d4..0e9de6ad0f1e 100644
--- a/doc/DOCUMENTATION.org
+++ b/doc/DOCUMENTATION.org
@@ -1171,8 +1171,7 @@ file:
 (defun dotspacemacs/user-config ()
   "This is were you can ultimately override default Spacemacs configuration.
 This function is called at the very end of Spacemacs initialization."
-  (setq powerline-default-separator 'arrow)
-  (spaceline-compile))
+  (setq powerline-default-separator 'arrow))
 #+END_SRC
 
 To save you the time to try all the possible separators provided by the