diff --git a/includes/entity.inc b/includes/entity.inc
index 95e7c6b1c93343350da5037634527fc23119d91e..55672c7c7c6b523e9a95a781baaf13fe24429eb9 100644
--- a/includes/entity.inc
+++ b/includes/entity.inc
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ public function age($age) {
    *   Note if the entity type is known, then the following snippet will load
    *   the entities found:
    *   @code
-   *     $result = $query->execute;
+   *     $result = $query->execute();
    *     $entities = entity_load($my_type, array_keys($result[$my_type]));
    *   @endcode
    */