diff --git a/snippets/csharp/System.IO/StreamReader/Read/strmreader read2.cs b/snippets/csharp/System.IO/StreamReader/Read/strmreader read2.cs
index 8294a2c88a1..5487c1777a3 100644
--- a/snippets/csharp/System.IO/StreamReader/Read/strmreader read2.cs	
+++ b/snippets/csharp/System.IO/StreamReader/Read/strmreader read2.cs	
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public static void Main()
                 while (sr.Peek() >= 0)
                 {
                     c = new char[5];
-                    sr.Read(c, 0, c.Length);
+                    sr.ReadBlock(c, 0, c.Length);
                     //The output will look odd, because
                     //only five characters are read at a time.
                     Console.WriteLine(c);