diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
index 5ce4fead3d..496d93e618 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/eventspace-funcs.scrbl
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ If @scheme[v] is an event in MzScheme's sense (not to be confused with
  @scheme[v] via @scheme[handle-evt], it is not called in tail position
  with respect to the @scheme[yield].
 
-Always use @scheme[(yield @scheme[v])] instead of a busy-wait loop.
+Always use @scheme[(yield v)] instead of a busy-wait loop.
 }
 
 @defproc[(sleep/yield [secs (and/c real? (not/c negative?))])