diff --git a/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst b/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
index b578324873..30a3ebba67 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Suggested usage is::
    try:
        import threading
    except ImportError:
-       import dummy_threading
+       import dummy_threading as threading
 
 Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being
 created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created.  This often occurs