diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc b/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc
index 87c4c6ba1..cd3e4f04d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-core-docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-stream-overview.adoc
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public class SendingBean {
     }
 
     public void sayHello(String name) {
-         customOutput.send(MessageBuilder.withPayload(body).build());
+         output.send(MessageBuilder.withPayload(body).build());
     }
 }
 ----