diff --git a/docs/source/algorithms/RunPythonScript-v1.rst b/docs/source/algorithms/RunPythonScript-v1.rst
index ea1888422f5f5c75d71bf53070650dc88a9f9aff..3ef644b912c8a202c172c737be8505b57580888e 100644
--- a/docs/source/algorithms/RunPythonScript-v1.rst
+++ b/docs/source/algorithms/RunPythonScript-v1.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Usage
     RunPythonScript(InputWorkspace=ws,Code=script,OutputWorkspace="wsOut")
 
     wsOut = mtd["wsOut"]
-    print("The workspace contained a total of {:d} counts".format(wsOut.readY(0)[0]))
+    print("The workspace contained a total of {:d} counts".format(int(wsOut.readY(0)[0])))
 
 Output: