diff --git a/man7/uri.7 b/man7/uri.7
index d1f20e504..4d3fc6a56 100644
--- a/man7/uri.7
+++ b/man7/uri.7
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ The
 is the name of the host computer, either its name as determined by DNS
 or an IP address (numbers separated by periods).
 Thus the URI
-<http://fred:fredpassword@xyz.com:8080/>
-logs into a web server on host xyz.com
+<http://fred:fredpassword@example.com:8080/>
+logs into a web server on host example.com
 as fred (using fredpassword) using port 8080.
 Avoid including a password in a URI if possible because of the many
 security risks of having a password written down.