1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/fs.rs b/src/libstd/fs.rs
index a109e38e1e3..01e57ec0ab9 100644
--- a/src/libstd/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/fs.rs
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ impl OpenOptions {
     /// ```no_run
     /// use std::fs::OpenOptions;
     ///
-    /// let file = OpenOptions::new().open("foo.txt");
+    /// let file = OpenOptions::new().read(true).open("foo.txt");
     /// ```
     ///
     /// [`ErrorKind`]: ../io/enum.ErrorKind.html