diff --git a/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.services.managing_dependencies.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.services.managing_dependencies.ngdoc
index 09850e5705f0..6dafc3f76de9 100644
--- a/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.services.managing_dependencies.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/guide/dev_guide.services.managing_dependencies.ngdoc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ of which depend on other services that are provided by the Angular framework:
 
       function log() {
         if (messageQueue.length) {
-          $log('batchLog messages: ', messageQueue);
+          $log.log('batchLog messages: ', messageQueue);
           messageQueue = [];
         }
       }