diff --git a/service_container/expression_language.rst b/service_container/expression_language.rst
index 9a77cb1a817..06d00c4a2ad 100644
--- a/service_container/expression_language.rst
+++ b/service_container/expression_language.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ to another service: ``App\Mailer``. One way to do this is with an expression:
             $services->set(MailerConfiguration::class);
 
             $services->set(Mailer::class)
-                ->args([expr(sprintf('service(%s).getMailerMethod()', MailerConfiguration::class))]);
+                ->args([expr(sprintf('service(%s).getMailerMethod()', var_export(MailerConfiguration::class, true)))]);
         };