diff --git a/aplay/aplay.1 b/aplay/aplay.1
index 5a99863..13d90ff 100644
--- a/aplay/aplay.1
+++ b/aplay/aplay.1
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Compression type (alaw, ulaw, adpcm).
 Example: 
 
 .RS
-\fBaplay -c 2 -r -u -s 22050 -b 8 -p ulaw foobar\fR
+\fBaplay -c 1 -r -u -s 22050 -b 8 -p ulaw foobar\fR
 
 .ID
 will play the raw file "foobar" as a