diff --git a/docs/reference/units/rfc822.rst b/docs/reference/units/rfc822.rst
index c8f1e006d7..01fd84925a 100644
--- a/docs/reference/units/rfc822.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/units/rfc822.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The example below::
 
 Is parsed as an ENTRY (in python syntax)::
 
-    ("key", "\nvalue")
+    ("key", "\nmore value")
 
 Quirk 2 -- the # comments 
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