diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex b/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex
index fa0b1fcb2d91..778b57081cee 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtextwrap.tex
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ For example:
 def test():
     # end first line with \ to avoid the empty line!
     s = '''\
-    Hey
-    there
+    hello
+      world
     '''
-    print repr(s)          # prints '    Hey\n    there\n    '
-    print repr(dedent(s))  # prints 'Hey\nthere\n'
+    print repr(s)          # prints '    hello\n      world\n    '
+    print repr(dedent(s))  # prints 'hello\n  world\n'
 \end{verbatim}
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Lib/textwrap.py b/Lib/textwrap.py
index 754b037323ea..f878e52d19bf 100644
--- a/Lib/textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/textwrap.py
@@ -325,11 +325,11 @@ def dedent(text):
         def test():
             # end first line with \ to avoid the empty line!
             s = '''\
-            Hey
-            there
+            hello
+              world
             '''
-            print repr(s)          # prints '    Hey\n    there\n    '
-            print repr(dedent(s))  # prints 'Hey\nthere\n'
+            print repr(s)          # prints '    hello\n      world\n    '
+            print repr(dedent(s))  # prints 'hello\n  world\n'
     """
     lines = text.expandtabs().split('\n')
     margin = None