diff --git a/src/viam/app/data_client.py b/src/viam/app/data_client.py
index f90ff5977..4f81a6414 100644
--- a/src/viam/app/data_client.py
+++ b/src/viam/app/data_client.py
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ async def create_dataset(self, name: str, organization_id: str) -> str:
 
         ::
 
-            name = await data_client.create_dataset(
+            dataset_id = await data_client.create_dataset(
                 name="<DATASET-NAME>",
                 organization_id="<YOUR-ORG-ID>"
             )