diff --git a/doc/ffmpeg.texi b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
index d39ad2276da566b7fca49dc3c163bf50e2a5daf1..c80f6eb75342c6749a3ace01a148ea16837bf24a 100644
--- a/doc/ffmpeg.texi
+++ b/doc/ffmpeg.texi
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ ffmpeg -f image2 -pattern_type glob -i 'foo-*.jpeg' -r 12 -s WxH foo.avi
 You can put many streams of the same type in the output:
 
 @example
-ffmpeg -i test1.avi -i test2.avi -map 0.3 -map 0.2 -map 0.1 -map 0.0 -c copy test12.nut
+ffmpeg -i test1.avi -i test2.avi -map 0:3 -map 0:2 -map 0:1 -map 0:0 -c copy test12.nut
 @end example
 
 The resulting output file @file{test12.avi} will contain first four streams from