diff --git a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
index c99a0b03442c43a3833a028899303ec12521f1ef..4441d6a000a02b9d6b5902f78146657eb7c291e4 100644
--- a/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
+++ b/docs/sql-programming-guide.md
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ DataFrame jdbcDF = sqlContext.load("jdbc", options)
 
 {% highlight python %}
 
-df = sqlContext.load("jdbc", url="jdbc:postgresql:dbserver", dbtable="schema.tablename")
+df = sqlContext.load(source="jdbc", url="jdbc:postgresql:dbserver", dbtable="schema.tablename")
 
 {% endhighlight %}