diff --git a/spring-integration-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jdbc/JdbcMessageHandler.java b/spring-integration-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jdbc/JdbcMessageHandler.java
index 0e56d96c28..8ffdb3f700 100644
--- a/spring-integration-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jdbc/JdbcMessageHandler.java
+++ b/spring-integration-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jdbc/JdbcMessageHandler.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.LinkedCaseInsensitiveMap;
  * properties can be referred to by name in the query string E.g.
  * 
  * <pre>
- * INSERT INTO FOOS (MESSAGE_ID, PAYLOAD) VALUES (:headers[$id], :payload)
+ * INSERT INTO FOOS (MESSAGE_ID, PAYLOAD) VALUES (:headers[id], :payload)
  * </pre>
  * 
  * N.B. do not use quotes to escape the header keys. The default SQL parameter source (from Spring JDBC) can also handle