diff --git a/docs/manual/advanced-position.xml b/docs/manual/advanced-position.xml
index 59572315c8..1786339a49 100644
--- a/docs/manual/advanced-position.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/advanced-position.xml
@@ -78,11 +78,10 @@ my_bus_message_cb (GstBus     *bus,
 static gboolean
 cb_print_position (GstElement *pipeline)
 {
-  GstFormat fmt = GST_FORMAT_TIME;
   gint64 pos, len;
 
-  if (gst_element_query_position (pipeline, &fmt, &pos)
-    && gst_element_query_duration (pipeline, &fmt, &len)) {
+  if (gst_element_query_position (pipeline, GST_FORMAT_TIME, &pos)
+    && gst_element_query_duration (pipeline, GST_FORMAT_TIME, &len)) {
     g_print ("Time: %" GST_TIME_FORMAT " / %" GST_TIME_FORMAT "\r",
 	     GST_TIME_ARGS (pos), GST_TIME_ARGS (len));
   }