diff --git a/doc/rakefile.rdoc b/doc/rakefile.rdoc
index 4014306a1..53c8a200e 100644
--- a/doc/rakefile.rdoc
+++ b/doc/rakefile.rdoc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ parameter that is the name of the task.
 Any prerequisites are given as a list (enclosed in square brackets)
 following the name and an arrow (=>).
 
-  task name: [:prereq1, :prereq2]
+  task :name => [:prereq1, :prereq2]
 
 *NOTE:* Although this syntax looks a little funky, it is legal
 Ruby.  We are constructing a hash where the key is :name and the value