diff --git a/src/libstd/fs.rs b/src/libstd/fs.rs
index fc5405ea7f69e..481d9e69abd53 100644
--- a/src/libstd/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/fs.rs
@@ -1099,20 +1099,19 @@ pub fn remove_dir_all<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<()> {
 /// # Examples
 ///
 /// ```
-/// # #![feature(path_ext)]
 /// use std::io;
-/// use std::fs::{self, PathExt, DirEntry};
+/// use std::fs::{self, DirEntry};
 /// use std::path::Path;
 ///
 /// // one possible implementation of fs::walk_dir only visiting files
-/// fn visit_dirs(dir: &Path, cb: &mut FnMut(DirEntry)) -> io::Result<()> {
-///     if dir.is_dir() {
+/// fn visit_dirs(dir: &Path, cb: &Fn(&DirEntry)) -> io::Result<()> {
+///     if try!(fs::metadata(dir)).is_dir() {
 ///         for entry in try!(fs::read_dir(dir)) {
 ///             let entry = try!(entry);
-///             if entry.path().is_dir() {
+///             if try!(fs::metadata(entry.path())).is_dir() {
 ///                 try!(visit_dirs(&entry.path(), cb));
 ///             } else {
-///                 cb(entry);
+///                 cb(&entry);
 ///             }
 ///         }
 ///     }