diff --git a/docs/hyperopt.md b/docs/hyperopt.md
index 7377a63c0..1eb90f1bc 100644
--- a/docs/hyperopt.md
+++ b/docs/hyperopt.md
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class MyAwesomeStrategy(IStrategy):
                 "only_per_pair": False
             })
 
-        return protection
+        return prot
 
     def populate_indicators(self, dataframe: DataFrame, metadata: dict) -> DataFrame:
         # ...