diff --git a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx
index c11a8b149bc13..32ffe4e6d0453 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx
+++ b/pandas/_libs/tslibs/period.pyx
@@ -1403,7 +1403,7 @@ cdef class _Period(object):
         Examples
         --------
 
-        >>> a = Period(freq='Q@JUL', year=2006, quarter=1)
+        >>> a = Period(freq='Q-JUL', year=2006, quarter=1)
         >>> a.strftime('%F-Q%q')
         '2006-Q1'
         >>> # Output the last month in the quarter of this date