diff --git a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_perform.md b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_perform.md
index db7714b0a8..c30ad2116f 100644
--- a/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_perform.md
+++ b/docs/libcurl/curl_multi_perform.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ removing all the handles and adding new ones.
 int main(void)
 {
   int still_running;
-  CURL *multi = curl_multi_init();
+  CURLM *multi = curl_multi_init();
   CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
   if(curl) {
     curl_multi_add_handle(multi, curl);