diff --git a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/pins.rst b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/pins.rst
index 639267d2eeb54a441c3c4aeab8ec3095e7d9b3f4..a44f40d3a71ee87bbe786f4648713bc36be120d3 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266/tutorial/pins.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266/tutorial/pins.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Here, the "0" is the pin that you want to access.  Usually you want to
 configure the pin to be input or output, and you do this when constructing
 it.  To make an input pin use::
 
-    >>> pin = machine.Pin(0, machine.Pin.OUT, machine.Pin.PULL_UP)
+    >>> pin = machine.Pin(0, machine.Pin.IN, machine.Pin.PULL_UP)
 
 You can either use PULL_UP or None for the input pull-mode.  If it's
 not specified then it defaults to None, which is no pull resistor.