diff --git a/Doc/library/sched.rst b/Doc/library/sched.rst
index 01bac5afd0b9b38..4c980dd97f9394f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sched.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sched.rst
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ scheduler:
 Example::
 
    >>> import sched, time
-   >>> s = sched.scheduler(time.monotonic, time.sleep)
+   >>> s = sched.scheduler(time.time, time.sleep)
    >>> def print_time(a='default'):
    ...     print("From print_time", time.time(), a)
    ...