diff --git a/docs/listening-to-player-events.md b/docs/listening-to-player-events.md
index d46bb9fc91..4b1215ba36 100644
--- a/docs/listening-to-player-events.md
+++ b/docs/listening-to-player-events.md
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ public void onPlayerError(PlaybackException error) {
   if (cause instanceof HttpDataSourceException) {
     // An HTTP error occurred.
     HttpDataSourceException httpError = (HttpDataSourceException) cause;
-    // This is the request for which the error occurred.
-    DataSpec requestDataSpec = httpError.dataSpec;
     // It's possible to find out more about the error both by casting and by
     // querying the cause.
     if (httpError instanceof HttpDataSource.InvalidResponseCodeException) {