diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala
index 492a3321bc0bc..f3f0f5305318e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DataFrame.scala
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ class DataFrame private[sql](
    * columns of the input row are implicitly joined with each value that is output by the function.
    *
    * {{{
-   *   df.explode("words", "word")(words: String => words.split(" "))
+   *   df.explode("words", "word"){words: String => words.split(" ")}
    * }}}
    * @group dfops
    * @since 1.3.0