diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index 6ae9038daa8..a4f181bf929 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ An example for the :class:`ThreadingMixIn` class::
        # Exit the server thread when the main thread terminates
        server_thread.setDaemon(True)
        server_thread.start()
-       print "Server loop running in thread:", t.getName()
+       print "Server loop running in thread:", server_thread.getName()
 
        client(ip, port, "Hello World 1")
        client(ip, port, "Hello World 2")