IV should be 16 bytes
diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
index 24854b1..d532ad1 100644
--- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
+++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/symmetric-encryption.rst
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend
         >>> backend = default_backend()
         >>> key = os.urandom(32)
-        >>> iv = os.urandom(32)
+        >>> iv = os.urandom(16)
         >>> cipher = Cipher(algorithms.AES(key), modes.CBC(iv), backend=backend)
         >>> encryptor = cipher.encryptor()
         >>> ct = encryptor.update(b"a secret message") + encryptor.finalize()