diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/InstVisitor.h b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/InstVisitor.h
index 02027d8bb434..ca45d4c5d6d3 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/Support/InstVisitor.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/Support/InstVisitor.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class AllocationInst;
 ///    unsigned Count;
 ///    CountMallocVisitor() : Count(0) {}
 ///
-///    void visitMallocInst(MallocInst *MI) { ++Count; }
+///    void visitMallocInst(MallocInst &MI) { ++Count; }
 ///  };
 ///
 ///  And this class would be used like this: