diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 unconditionally consume :exc:`socket.error` exceptions and to close the NNTP
 connection when done::
 
-  >>> from nntplib import NNTP
+  >>> import nntplib
   >>> with nntplib.NNTP('news.gmane.org') as n:
   ...     n.group('gmane.comp.python.committers')
   ...