diff --git a/src/libcore/cell.rs b/src/libcore/cell.rs
index df0de234b9a16..b4b25258bbfd6 100644
--- a/src/libcore/cell.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/cell.rs
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ impl<T> RefCell<T> {
     ///
     /// let result = thread::spawn(move || {
     ///    let c = RefCell::new(5);
-    ///    let m = c.borrow_mut();
+    ///    let m = c.borrow();
     ///
     ///    let b = c.borrow_mut(); // this causes a panic
     /// }).join();