diff --git a/markdown/tutorials/basic/short-cutting-the-pipeline.md b/markdown/tutorials/basic/short-cutting-the-pipeline.md
index b3e7cf81b5..0c5fcf3ba9 100644
--- a/markdown/tutorials/basic/short-cutting-the-pipeline.md
+++ b/markdown/tutorials/basic/short-cutting-the-pipeline.md
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void new_sample (GstElement *sink, CustomData *data) {
   if (sample) {
     /* The only thing we do in this example is print a * to indicate a received buffer */
     g_print ("*");
-    gst_buffer_unref (sample);
+    gst_sample_unref (sample);
   }
 }