diff --git a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
index cdc9b399f31..a2eac3679b5 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/tkinter.tex
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ is part of the implementation, and not an interface to Tk functionality.
 Here are some examples of typical usage:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
-import Tkinter
+from Tkinter import *
 class App(Frame):
     def __init__(self, master=None):
         Frame.__init__(self, master)