diff --git a/docs/source/tutorial.rst b/docs/source/tutorial.rst
index 98f00bf9fc..54467d81df 100644
--- a/docs/source/tutorial.rst
+++ b/docs/source/tutorial.rst
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ retrieved with the `~Field.properties` method:
 .. code-block:: python
    :caption: *Retrieve all of the descriptive properties*
 
-   >>> q, t = cf.read('file.nc')
+   >>> q, t = cf.read('file.nc')[1]
    >>> t.properties()
    {'Conventions': 'CF-1.11',
     'project': 'research',