diff --git a/plio/io/io_json.py b/plio/io/io_json.py
index 943e4ee1e5ebd02967c03a3dc601a673962bc1c7..a9f347c450e8febc64aefff2aa673cf084ff0de4 100644
--- a/plio/io/io_json.py
+++ b/plio/io/io_json.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def read_json(inputfile):
     jobs : dict
            returns a dictionary 
 
-    >>> inputs = readinputfile('testfiles/sampleinput.json')
+    >>> inputs = read_json('testfiles/sampleinput.json')
     >>> k = inputs.keys()
     >>> k.sort()
     >>> print k