diff --git a/docs/guides/migrations/guide.rst b/docs/guides/migrations/guide.rst
index cdb72762077..305a7347a09 100644
--- a/docs/guides/migrations/guide.rst
+++ b/docs/guides/migrations/guide.rst
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ has no properties.
 .. code-block:: sdl
 
     module default {
-      type SomeType;
+      type User;
     }
 
 Creating a migration with ``edgedb migration create`` will result