diff --git a/docs/usermanual-getting-started.xml b/docs/usermanual-getting-started.xml
index 9e16ecbf2..932bd9471 100644
--- a/docs/usermanual-getting-started.xml
+++ b/docs/usermanual-getting-started.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@
     </orderedlist>
     <programlisting language="C">
       #include &lt;hb-ft.h&gt;
-      FT_New_Face(ft_library, font_path, index, &amp;face)
+      FT_New_Face(ft_library, font_path, index, &amp;face);
+      FT_Set_Char_Size(face, 0, 1000, 0, 0);
       hb_font_t *font = hb_ft_font_create(face);
     </programlisting>
     <orderedlist numeration="arabic">