diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/api.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/api.rb
index cb819067da6789e405e2d170e21dbb73728385b8..9dc96bd3e693e4f56ed4abf3213f60ebcc8ae0f0 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/api.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/api.rb
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ module ActionController
   #   end
   #
   #   class PostsController < ApplicationController
-  #     respond_to :json, :xml
-  #
   #     def index
   #       @posts = Post.all
-  #       respond_with @posts
+  #
+  #       respond_to do |format|
+  #         format.json { render json: @posts }
+  #         format.xml  { render xml: @posts }
+  #       end
   #     end
   #   end
   #