diff --git a/Lib/os.py b/Lib/os.py
index 890303fce59..6dc4bf34f8a 100644
--- a/Lib/os.py
+++ b/Lib/os.py
@@ -267,8 +267,9 @@ def walk(top, topdown=True, onerror=None, followlinks=False):
 
     Example:
 
+    import os
     from os.path import join, getsize
-    for root, dirs, files in walk('python/Lib/email'):
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk('python/Lib/email'):
         print root, "consumes",
         print sum([getsize(join(root, name)) for name in files]),
         print "bytes in", len(files), "non-directory files"