diff --git a/src/libcore/comm.rs b/src/libcore/comm.rs
index d8051dfabd17..993fc78f1497 100644
--- a/src/libcore/comm.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/comm.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 Example:
 
-> use std::{task, comm, io};
+> import std::{task, comm, io};
 >
 > let p = comm::port();
 > task::spawn(comm::chan(p), fn (c: chan<str>) {