diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index 1511584..311b409 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 Typing an end-of-file character (:kbd:`Control-D` on Unix, :kbd:`Control-Z` on
 Windows) at the primary prompt causes the interpreter to exit with a zero exit
 status.  If that doesn't work, you can exit the interpreter by typing the
-following commands: ``import sys; sys.exit()``.
+following command: ``quit()``.
 
 The interpreter's line-editing features usually aren't very sophisticated.  On
 Unix, whoever installed the interpreter may have enabled support for the GNU