diff --git a/Lib/code.py b/Lib/code.py
index 6bdc658..b67009b 100644
--- a/Lib/code.py
+++ b/Lib/code.py
@@ -269,12 +269,14 @@
         The returned line does not include the trailing newline.
         When the user enters the EOF key sequence, EOFError is raised.
 
-        The base implementation uses the built-in function
-        raw_input(); a subclass may replace this with a different
-        implementation.
+        The base implementation uses sys.stdin.readline(); a subclass
+        may replace this with a different implementation.
 
         """
-        return raw_input(prompt)
+        sys.stdout.write(prompt)
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        return sys.stdin.readline()
+
 
 
 def interact(banner=None, readfunc=None, local=None):