diff --git a/Doc/library/__main__.rst b/Doc/library/__main__.rst
index 116a9a9d1d..d267d7a47f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/__main__.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/__main__.rst
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ named ``main`` encapsulates the program's primary behavior::
         return 0
 
     if __name__ == '__main__':
-        sys.exit(main())  # next section explains the use of sys.exit
+        main()
 
 Note that if the module didn't encapsulate code inside the ``main`` function
 but instead put it directly within the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` block,
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ your program will have an exit code of ``1``, indicating failure, and the
 string will be written to :data:`sys.stderr`.  The ``echo.py`` example from
 earlier exemplifies using the ``sys.exit(main())`` convention.
 
+If we wish, we may revise the above example to use this convention::
+
+   # echo.py with the sys.exit idiom applied
+
+   if __name__ == '__main__':
+       sys.exit(main())
+
+
+
 .. seealso::
 
    `Python Packaging User Guide <https://packaging.python.org/>`_