diff --git a/src/cairo-image-surface.c b/src/cairo-image-surface.c
index 49f6e18..a2f295d 100644
--- a/src/cairo-image-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-image-surface.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ _cairo_image_surface_create_with_content (cairo_content_t	content,
  * <informalexample><programlisting>
  * int stride;
  * unsigned char *data;
- * #cairo_surface_t *surface;
+ * cairo_surface_t *surface;
  *
  * stride = cairo_format_stride_for_width (format, width);
  * data = malloc (stride * height);