diff --git a/include/pybind11/iostream.h b/include/pybind11/iostream.h
index 59d33e91f..7f34bb201 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/iostream.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/iostream.h
@@ -104,10 +104,8 @@ PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
     .. code-block:: cpp
 
         {
-            py::scoped_ostream_redirect output{
-                std::cerr,
-                py::module::import("sys").attr("stderr")
-            };
+            py::scoped_ostream_redirect output{std::cerr, py::module::import("sys").attr("stderr")};
+            std::cout << "Hello, World!";
         }
  \endrst */
 class scoped_ostream_redirect {