diff --git a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-array.xml b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-array.xml
index b46b5175c6..66bd90eab1 100644
--- a/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-array.xml
+++ b/reference/mysqli/mysqli_result/fetch-array.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ $row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_BOTH);
 printf ("%s (%s)\n", $row[0], $row["CountryCode"]);
 
 /* free result set */
-$result->close();
+$result->free();
 
 /* close connection */
 $mysqli->close();