diff --git a/doc/tutorial/syntax.md b/doc/tutorial/syntax.md
index d2c36bcb35e8b..d0bbf934f452d 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial/syntax.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial/syntax.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ suppressed by using a variable name that starts with an underscore.
 The `let` keyword, as we've seen, introduces a local variable. Global
 constants can be defined with `const`:
 
-    import std;
+    use std;
     const repeat: uint = 5u;
     fn main() {
         let count = 0u;