diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/options.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/options.rst
index f32a8adfd4d33..1f1dff417e68f 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/options.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/options.rst
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ determines how many rows are shown in the truncated repr.
 .. ipython:: python
 
    pd.set_option('max_rows', 8)
-   pd.set_option('max_rows', 4)
+   pd.set_option('min_rows', 4)
    # below max_rows -> all rows shown
    df = pd.DataFrame(np.random.randn(7, 2))
    df