diff --git a/docs/usage/special_functions.rst b/docs/usage/special_functions.rst
index bd51f78..b52a245 100644
--- a/docs/usage/special_functions.rst
+++ b/docs/usage/special_functions.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The New Way
     twitter = Twython(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET,
                       OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
 
-    results = twitter.cursor(t.search, q='twitter')
+    results = twitter.cursor(twitter.search, q='twitter')
     for result in results:
         print result['id_str']