diff --git a/docs/src/tutorials/symmetric_mesh.md b/docs/src/tutorials/symmetric_mesh.md
index e1d84171..b369419c 100644
--- a/docs/src/tutorials/symmetric_mesh.md
+++ b/docs/src/tutorials/symmetric_mesh.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ For a domain bounded by an outer boundary curve, this background grid is set by
 element size in the $x$ and $y$ directions. To start, we set the background grid for `symmetric_mesh`
 to have elements with side length $0.25$ in each direction
 ```julia
-addBackgroundGrid!(spline_project, [0.25, 0.25, 0.0])
+addBackgroundGrid!(symmetric_mesh, [0.25, 0.25, 0.0])
 ```
 
 ## Add the outer boundary
@@ -360,4 +360,4 @@ renameCurve!(symmetric_mesh, "right", ":symmetry")
 
 # Generate the mesh. Saves the mesh file to the directory "out".
 generate_mesh(symmetric_mesh)
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```