diff --git a/akka-docs/java/logging.rst b/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
index 61e3269bd8..398a940468 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/java/logging.rst
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ the first case and ``LoggerFactory.getLogger(String s)`` in the second).
 
 .. code-block:: scala
 
-  final LoggingAdapter log = Logging.getLogger(system.eventStream, "my.nice.string");
+  final LoggingAdapter log = Logging.getLogger(system.eventStream(), "my.nice.string");
 
 Logging Thread and Akka Source in MDC
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