diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst
index ca788963971ad..4ea7c656fd197 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/indexing.rst
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ You can also set using these same indexers.
 
 .. ipython:: python
 
-   df.at[dates[-1] + 1, 0] = 7
+   df.at[dates[-1] + pd.Timedelta('1 day'), 0] = 7
    df
 
 Boolean indexing