diff --git a/doc/src/variable.rst b/doc/src/variable.rst
index 278beec192..691ee811d2 100644
--- a/doc/src/variable.rst
+++ b/doc/src/variable.rst
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ input script:
 .. code-block:: LAMMPS
 
    variable        foo python truncate
-   python          truncate return v_foo input 1 iv_arg format fi here """
+   python          truncate return v_foo input 1 v_arg format fi here """
    def truncate(x):
     return int(x)
    """