diff --git a/docs/examples/10-at-a-time.c b/docs/examples/10-at-a-time.c
index 13ff196c85cfcace499cdb7401a4f7db08fe4a31..14b6e93afe7379b685561647003519798920be46 100644
--- a/docs/examples/10-at-a-time.c
+++ b/docs/examples/10-at-a-time.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ int main(void)
 
   /* we can optionally limit the total amount of connections this multi handle
      uses */
-  curl_multi_setopt(cm, CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS, MAX);
+  curl_multi_setopt(cm, CURLMOPT_MAXCONNECTS, (long)MAX);
 
   for (C = 0; C < MAX; ++C) {
     init(cm, C);