diff --git a/lib/uri/common.rb b/lib/uri/common.rb
index 20cd0f9b62..1444ae84b0 100644
--- a/lib/uri/common.rb
+++ b/lib/uri/common.rb
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ module URI
   #   require 'uri'
   #
   #   p URI.join("http://example.com/","main.rbx")
-  #   # => #<URI::HTTP:0x2022ac02 URL:http://localhost/main.rbx>
+  #   # => #<URI::HTTP:0x2022ac02 URL:http://example.com/main.rbx>
   #
   #   p URI.join('http://example.com', 'foo')
   #   # => #<URI::HTTP:0x01ab80a0 URL:http://example.com/foo>