diff --git a/src/libstd/macros.rs b/src/libstd/macros.rs
index 12ca80bfaab09..76419bee41c22 100644
--- a/src/libstd/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/macros.rs
@@ -217,12 +217,11 @@ macro_rules! debug_assert_eq(
 /// Iterators:
 ///
 /// ```rust
-/// fn divide_by_three(x: i32) -> i32 { // one of the poorest implementations of x/3
-///     for i in std::iter::count(0_i32, 1) {
-///         if i < 0 { panic!("i32 overflow"); }
-///         if x < 3*i { return i; }
+/// fn divide_by_three(x: u32) -> u32 { // one of the poorest implementations of x/3
+///     for i in std::iter::count(0_u32, 1) {
+///         if 3*i < i { panic!("u32 overflow"); }
+///         if x < 3*i { return i-1; }
 ///     }
-///
 ///     unreachable!();
 /// }
 /// ```