diff --git a/salt/states/locale.py b/salt/states/locale.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/salt/states/locale.py
+++ b/salt/states/locale.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The locale can be managed for the system:
 
 .. code-block:: yaml
 
-    us:
+    en_US.UTF-8:
       locale.system
 '''
Change example to actually use a valid locale