diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/xmlres.tex b/docs/latex/wx/xmlres.tex
index 0f924330d2..663ebbcbd8 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/xmlres.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/xmlres.tex
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Example:
 \begin{verbatim}
   MyDialog dlg;
   wxTheXmlResource->LoadDialog(&dlg, mainFrame, "my_dialog");
-  dlg->ShowModal();
+  dlg.ShowModal();
 \end{verbatim}