diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst
index bf7acfc80..eaf3270e0 100644
--- a/docs/compiling.rst
+++ b/docs/compiling.rst
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ with the following:
 
     from pybind11.setup_helpers import ParallelCompile, naive_recompile
 
-    SmartCompile("NPY_NUM_BUILD_JOBS", needs_recompile=naive_recompile).install()
+    ParallelCompile("NPY_NUM_BUILD_JOBS", needs_recompile=naive_recompile).install()
 
 
 If you have a more complex build, you can implement a smarter function and pass