diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 65f92707de5565299de3236efdd0d2e40d41e226..4609d485bef29ada12bc9b74a00b94e899ce83ea 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The file paths can be access in Python scripts using the ``data_path()`` functio
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
-    from km3net_testdata import data_path()
+    from km3net_testdata import data_path
 
     filename = data_path("offline/km3net_offline.root")