diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_lua.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_lua.xml
index 8b0c19c7a2..c0e2f11acf 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_lua.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_lua.xml
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ end
     </p>
     <p>The example below shows how to acquire a database handle and return information from a table:</p>
     <highlight language="lua">
-function handler(r)
+function handle(r)
     -- Acquire a database handle
     local database, err = r:dbacquire("mysql", "server=localhost,user=root,dbname=mydb")
     if not err then