diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index df3198885ba..a26d8b4f2c6 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-12-21  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
+	    Jim Avera  <james_avera@yahoo.com>
+
+	* doc/extend.texi (__builtin_expect): Improve example.  
+
 2011-12-21  Uros Bizjak  <ubizjak@gmail.com>
 
 	* config/i386/i386.c (ix86_option_override_internal): Enable flag_ree
diff --git a/gcc/doc/extend.texi b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
index 6c904c10030..124bdbaed97 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/extend.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/extend.texi
@@ -7932,7 +7932,7 @@ expressions for @var{exp}, you should use constructions such as
 
 @smallexample
 if (__builtin_expect (ptr != NULL, 1))
-  error ();
+  foo (*ptr);
 @end smallexample
 
 @noindent