diff --git a/doc/api.rst b/doc/api.rst
index a71a8f9c..488f3587 100644
--- a/doc/api.rst
+++ b/doc/api.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ parsing and formatting. To use this method specialize the ``formatter`` struct
 template for your type and implement ``parse`` and ``format`` methods.
 For example::
 
-  #include <fmt/core.h>
+  #include <fmt/format.h>
 
   struct point {
     double x, y;