diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/text.tex b/docs/latex/wx/text.tex
index 8f6cbb2e94..533ee8a1ef 100644
--- a/docs/latex/wx/text.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/text.tex
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ control. This could be done in the following way:
   wxTextCtrl *control = new wxTextCtrl(...);
 
   std::streambuf *sbOld = std::cout.rdbuf();
-  std::cout.rdbuf(*control);
+  std::cout.rdbuf(control);
 
   // use cout as usual, the output appears in the text control
   ...