diff --git a/docs/esp8266/quickref.rst b/docs/esp8266/quickref.rst
index bfded9bea14a6e77367152b6015abc178013b9e8..87f57c58486c20f4606a4f2d1d822289b642a5fb 100644
--- a/docs/esp8266/quickref.rst
+++ b/docs/esp8266/quickref.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ The ``network`` module::
     wlan.scan()             # scan for access points
     wlan.isconnected()      # check if the station is connected to an AP
     wlan.connect('essid', 'password') # connect to an AP
-    wlan.mac()              # get the interface's MAC adddress
+    wlan.config('mac')      # get the interface's MAC adddress
     wlan.ifconfig()         # get the interface's IP/netmask/gw/DNS addresses
 
     ap = network.WLAN(network.AP_IF) # create access-point interface