diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml
index 343a4e7711..3d7ef9a3de 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli/query.xml
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@
 $mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "my_user", "my_password", "world");
 
 /* check connection */
-if ($mysqli->connect_errno()) {
-    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error());
+if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
+    printf("Connect failed: %s\n", $mysqli->connect_error);
     exit();
 }