diff --git a/Doc/library/http.client.rst b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
index 10704cef2d1..9f6bcd1d6b7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.client.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.client.rst
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ request using http.client::
 
     >>> # This creates an HTTP message
     >>> # with the content of BODY as the enclosed representation
-    >>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/foobar
+    >>> # for the resource http://localhost:8080/file
     ...
     >>> import http.client
     >>> BODY = "***filecontents***"