diff --git a/docs/src/attributes.md b/docs/src/attributes.md
index 5337e41e21..9cab597fda 100644
--- a/docs/src/attributes.md
+++ b/docs/src/attributes.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Passing a tuple to `xticks` (and similarly to `yticks` and `zticks`) changes
 the position of the ticks and the labels:
 
 ```julia
-plot!(xticks = ([0:π:3*π;], ["0", "\\pi", "2\\pi"]))
+plot!(xticks = ([0:π:2*π;], ["0", "\\pi", "2\\pi"]))
 yticks!([-1:1:1;], ["min", "zero", "max"])
 ```