diff --git a/docs/content/querying/sql.md b/docs/content/querying/sql.md
index a993a76f953..09778119f2c 100644
--- a/docs/content/querying/sql.md
+++ b/docs/content/querying/sql.md
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ Properties connectionProperties = new Properties();
 
 try (Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection(url, connectionProperties)) {
   try (
-      final Statement statement = client.createStatement();
+      final Statement statement = connection.createStatement();
       final ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery(query)
   ) {
     while (resultSet.next()) {