diff --git a/src/libcore/future.rs b/src/libcore/future.rs
index 6152b83536a8..a164f69ae5c8 100644
--- a/src/libcore/future.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/future.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ operations for working with them.
 
 ~~~
 let delayed_fib = future::spawn {|| fib(5000) };
-make_a_sandwitch();
+make_a_sandwich();
 io::println(#fmt(\"fib(5000) = %?\", delayed_fib.get()))
 ~~~
 "];
@@ -171,4 +171,4 @@ fn test_spawn() {
 fn test_futurefail() {
     let f = spawn {|| fail };
     let _x: str = get(f);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}