Better example for os.system(): do not change the system time.
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
index 61e1a45..9d25dbd 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
operating system::
>>> import os
- >>> os.system('time 0:02')
- 0
>>> os.getcwd() # Return the current working directory
'C:\\Python31'
- >>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs')
+ >>> os.chdir('/server/accesslogs') # Change current working directory
+ >>> os.system('mkdir today') # Run the command mkdir in the system shell
+ 0
Be sure to use the ``import os`` style instead of ``from os import *``. This
will keep :func:`os.open` from shadowing the built-in :func:`open` function which