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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ One of two core classes for the Torque library - it is used to create an animate
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 | user_name      | string     | ```null```      | CartoDB account name. Found from: http://accountname.cartodb.com|
 | table_name     | string     | ```null```      | CartoDB table name where data is found  |
-| sql       | string     | ```null```      | SQL query to be performed to fetch the data. You must use this param or table, not at the same time |
+| query       | string     | ```null```      | SQL query to be performed to fetch the data. You must use this param or table, not at the same time |
 | cartocss  | string     | ```null```      | CartoCSS style for this map |
 | loop      | boolean    | ```true```      | If ```false```, the animation is paused when it reaches the last frame |