diff --git a/docs/src/dev/extensions.rst b/docs/src/dev/extensions.rst
index 35f493fac..35c655f6c 100644
--- a/docs/src/dev/extensions.rst
+++ b/docs/src/dev/extensions.rst
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ each data type.
 
     instantiate_axpby(float32, float);
     instantiate_axpby(float16, half);
-    instantiate_axpby(bflot16, bfloat16_t);
+    instantiate_axpby(bfloat16, bfloat16_t);
     instantiate_axpby(complex64, complex64_t);
 
 This kernel will be compiled into a metal library ``mlx_ext.metallib`` as we 
diff --git a/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.metal b/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.metal
index 64980578f..03b373c99 100644
--- a/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.metal
+++ b/examples/extensions/axpby/axpby.metal
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@ template <typename T>
 
 instantiate_axpby(float32, float);
 instantiate_axpby(float16, half);
-instantiate_axpby(bflot16, bfloat16_t);
+instantiate_axpby(bfloat16, bfloat16_t);
 instantiate_axpby(complex64, complex64_t);
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