diff --git a/mu4e/mu4e.texi b/mu4e/mu4e.texi
index bb41270d..0dd65849 100644
--- a/mu4e/mu4e.texi
+++ b/mu4e/mu4e.texi
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ To allow for queuing, you need to tell @t{smtpmail} where you want to store
 the queued messages. For example:
 
 @lisp
-(setq smtpmail-queue-mail  nil  ;; start in non-queuing mode
+(setq smtpmail-queue-mail t  ;; start in queuing mode
       smtpmail-queue-dir   "~/Maildir/queue/cur")
 @end lisp