diff --git a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
index ca15aa2d56c..46c6a23d8d4 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/mod.rs
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 //!
 //! # fn foo() -> io::Result<()> {
 //! let f = try!(File::open("foo.txt"));
-//! let mut reader = BufReader::new(f);
+//! let reader = BufReader::new(f);
 //!
 //! for line in reader.lines() {
 //!     let line = try!(line);