diff --git a/doc/book/basics.tex b/doc/book/basics.tex
index 30909c22..15d036d9 100644
--- a/doc/book/basics.tex
+++ b/doc/book/basics.tex
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ vmime::string inText = "Linux dans un t
 vmime::charset inCharset = "utf-8";
 
 vmime::text outText;
-vmime::newFromString(inText, inCharset, &outText);
+outText.createFromString(inText, inCharset);
 
 // 'outText' now contains 3 words:
 //    . <us-ascii>   "Linux dans un "