diff --git a/doc/pointers.html b/doc/pointers.html
index 9085e152..11cfd8d9 100644
--- a/doc/pointers.html
+++ b/doc/pointers.html
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ code before the last Python reference to it disappears:
 BOOST_PYTHON_BEGIN_CONVERSION_NAMESPACE // this is a gcc 2.95.2 bug workaround
   PyObject* to_python(Foo* p)
   {
-      return boost::python::python_extension_class_converters<Foo>::ptr_to_python(p);
+      return boost::python::python_extension_class_converters<Foo>::smart_ptr_to_python(p);
   }
 
   PyObject* to_python(const Foo* p)