diff --git a/docs/source/routing.rst b/docs/source/routing.rst
index fdbcf9e..31c9b8c 100644
--- a/docs/source/routing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/routing.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Example
     from mymodel import get_student_by_name
 
     class StudentController(object):
-        def __init__(self, person):
+        def __init__(self, student):
             self.student = student
 
         @expose()