docs: Fix example of tx usage (#5402)

* docs: Fix example of tx usage * chore: update changelog * Fix changelog * Add example entry back Co-authored-by: Nikos Iliakis <nikoulai@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Oleksii Kosynskyi <oleksii.kosynskyi@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Junaid <86780488+jdevcs@users.noreply.github.com>
web3 · Sep 7, 2022 · f616e9f · f616e9f
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@ Released with 1.0.0-beta.37 code base.
 ### Changed
 -  Updated `sha3` and `sha3Raw` type definition to accept `Buffer`
 -  Removing legacy field in lerna.json (#5403)
+-  Correct `eth_sendSignedTransaction` code example (#5402)
+
 
 ### Fixed
 -  Browser builds support polyfills (#5031) (#5053) (#4659) (#4767)

diff --git a/docs/web3-eth.rst b/docs/web3-eth.rst
@@ -1666,9 +1666,9 @@ Example
     }
 
     var tx = new Tx(rawTx, {'chain':'ropsten'});
-    tx.sign(privateKey);
+    var signedTx = tx.sign(privateKey);
 
-    var serializedTx = tx.serialize();
+    var serializedTx = signedTx.serialize();
 
     // console.log(serializedTx.toString('hex'));
     // 0xf889808609184e72a00082271094000000000000000000000000000000000000000080a47f74657374320000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006000571ca08a8bbf888cfa37bbf0bb965423625641fc956967b81d12e23709cead01446075a01ce999b56a8a88504be365442ea61239198e23d1fce7d00fcfc5cd3b44b7215f