diff --git a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
index 300270001d8..4a0c3a341f4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ simple calculations.
 
       fmt = dsp.setfmt(fmt)
       channels = dsp.channels(channels)
-      rate = dsp.rate(channels)
+      rate = dsp.rate(rate)
 
 
 .. method:: oss_audio_device.bufsize()