diff --git i/doc/misc/gnus.texi w/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index ab96684..8dd0c1b 100644
--- i/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ w/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -14322,13 +14322,13 @@ Client-Side IMAP Splitting
 Here's a complete example @code{nnimap} backend with a client-side
 ``fancy'' splitting method:
 
 @example
 (nnimap "imap.example.com"
         (nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
-        (nnimap-split-methods
+        (nnimap-split-fancy
          (| ("MailScanner-SpamCheck" "spam" "spam.detected")
             (to "foo@@bar.com" "foo")
             "undecided")))
 @end example