diff --git a/pep-0572.rst b/pep-0572.rst
index fad30bd45..573966c5b 100644
--- a/pep-0572.rst
+++ b/pep-0572.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ These list comprehensions are all approximately equivalent::
     stuff = [pair(f(x)) for x in range(5)]
 
     # Inline helper function
-    stuff = [(lambda v: [v,v])(f(x)) for x in range(5)]
+    stuff = [(lambda y: [y,y])(f(x)) for x in range(5)]
 
     # Extra 'for' loop - see also Serhiy's optimization
     stuff = [[y, y] for x in range(5) for y in [f(x)]]