diff --git a/ivy/functional/backends/torch/experimental/linear_algebra.py b/ivy/functional/backends/torch/experimental/linear_algebra.py
index 20980c4769915..fb55a53c1ffb3 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/backends/torch/experimental/linear_algebra.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/backends/torch/experimental/linear_algebra.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def dot(
     *,
     out: Optional[torch.Tensor] = None,
 ) -> torch.Tensor:
-    return torch.dot(a, b, out=out)
+    return torch.matmul(a, b)
 
 
 dot.support_native_out = True
diff --git a/ivy/functional/ivy/experimental/linear_algebra.py b/ivy/functional/ivy/experimental/linear_algebra.py
index b59a35c2c33fa..249df35212e17 100644
--- a/ivy/functional/ivy/experimental/linear_algebra.py
+++ b/ivy/functional/ivy/experimental/linear_algebra.py
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ def dot(
 
     >>> a = ivy.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])
     >>> b = ivy.array([[5, 6], [7, 8]])
-    >>> c = ivy.empty_like(d)
+    >>> c = ivy.empty_like(a)
     >>> ivy.dot(a, b, out=c)
     >>> print(c)
     ivy.array([[19, 22],