diff --git a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
index 703765159d..46637844ec 100644
--- a/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
+++ b/src/docs/asciidoc/core/core-beans.adoc
@@ -8277,7 +8277,7 @@ it resembles the following:
 	fun userService(): Service {
 		return SimpleUserService().apply {
 			// a reference to the proxied userPreferences bean
-			setUserPreferences(userPreferences()
+			setUserPreferences(userPreferences())
 		}
 	}
 ----