diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/scripts/docgen.py b/metadata-ingestion/scripts/docgen.py
index 3d2c358bc6b14c..402030f530463f 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/scripts/docgen.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/scripts/docgen.py
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ def generate(
 
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Failed to process {plugin_name} due to {e}")
-            metrics["plugins"]["failed"] = metrics["plugins"].get["failed"] + 1
+            metrics["plugins"]["failed"] = metrics["plugins"]["failed"] + 1
 
         if source_type and hasattr(source_type, "get_config_class"):
             try: