diff --git a/docs/library/framebuf.rst b/docs/library/framebuf.rst
index ed4b78ab146255bc5ade9bf7e88d4ca26ab9c673..b6d7dba5de2477a0b19bb26bd7a500007e7f3b13 100644
--- a/docs/library/framebuf.rst
+++ b/docs/library/framebuf.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ For example::
     import framebuf
 
     # FrameBuffer needs 2 bytes for every RGB565 pixel
-    fbuf = FrameBuffer(bytearray(10 * 100 * 2), 10, 100, framebuf.RGB565)
+    fbuf = framebuf.FrameBuffer(bytearray(10 * 100 * 2), 10, 100, framebuf.RGB565)
 
     fbuf.fill(0)
     fbuf.text('MicroPython!', 0, 0, 0xffff)