diff --git a/library/std/src/time.rs b/library/std/src/time.rs
index 708e4064e06..b2014f462bd 100644
--- a/library/std/src/time.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/time.rs
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@
 /// use std::time::{Instant, Duration};
 ///
 /// let now = Instant::now();
-/// let max_nanoseconds = u64::MAX / 1_000_000_000;
-/// let duration = Duration::new(max_nanoseconds, 0);
+/// let max_seconds = u64::MAX / 1_000_000_000;
+/// let duration = Duration::new(max_seconds, 0);
 /// println!("{:?}", now + duration);
 /// ```
 ///