diff --git a/arrow/src/compute/kernels/comparison.rs b/arrow/src/compute/kernels/comparison.rs
index fa433608fa78..94c5a0bf3616 100644
--- a/arrow/src/compute/kernels/comparison.rs
+++ b/arrow/src/compute/kernels/comparison.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ where
 /// use arrow::compute::like_utf8;
 ///
 /// let strings = StringArray::from(vec!["Arrow", "Arrow", "Arrow", "Ar"]);
-/// let patterns = StringArray::from(vec!["A%", "B%", "A.", "A."]);
+/// let patterns = StringArray::from(vec!["A%", "B%", "A.", "A_"]);
 ///
 /// let result = like_utf8(&strings, &patterns).unwrap();
 /// assert_eq!(result, BooleanArray::from(vec![true, false, false, true]));