diff --git a/docs/developer-guides/bindings/writing-a-vapi-manually/10-00-awkward-situations/10-01-array-lengths.md b/docs/developer-guides/bindings/writing-a-vapi-manually/10-00-awkward-situations/10-01-array-lengths.md
index 55ecad64..0b13d5c6 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guides/bindings/writing-a-vapi-manually/10-00-awkward-situations/10-01-array-lengths.md
+++ b/docs/developer-guides/bindings/writing-a-vapi-manually/10-00-awkward-situations/10-01-array-lengths.md
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ private void _get_data (out array_with_length a);
 public foo[] get_data () {
     array_with_length temp;
     _get_data (out temp);
-    return (owned) a.data;
+    return (owned) temp.data;
 }
 ```