diff --git a/collects/scribblings/reference/time.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/reference/time.scrbl
index 213d324da3..4e60bdd5be 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/reference/time.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/reference/time.scrbl
@@ -80,16 +80,15 @@ time.}
 @defproc[(current-inexact-milliseconds) real?]{
 
 Returns the current time in milliseconds since midnight UTC, January
-1, 1970. The fractional part counts nanoseconds.
+1, 1970. The result may contain fractions of a millisecond.
 
-Example
-@racketblock[
+@examples[(eval:alts
 (current-inexact-milliseconds)
 1289513737015.418
-]
+)]
 
 In this example @racket[1289513737015] is in milliseconds and @racket[418]
-is in nanoseconds.}
+is in microseconds.}
 
 
 @defproc[(current-process-milliseconds [thread (or/c thread? #f)])