diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-sleuth.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-sleuth.adoc
index d5d37e9bd..386dfc80a 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-sleuth.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-sleuth.adoc
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@ The following example shows how server-side propagation might work:
 
 ```java
 // configure a function that extracts the trace context from a request
-extracted = tracing.propagation().extractor(Request::getHeader);
+extractor = tracing.propagation().extractor(Request::getHeader);
 
 // when a server receives a request, it joins or starts a new trace
-span = tracer.nextSpan(extracted, request);
+span = tracer.nextSpan(extractor.extract(request));
 ```
 
 === Propagating extra fields