diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 8c7d0510..9c645c98 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ implementation`_ for the `Computer Language Benchmarks Game`_.
 
     # use Pillow to display the image
     from PIL import Image
-    image = Image.fromstring('1', (image_size, image_size), result_buffer)
+    image = Image.frombytes('1', (image_size, image_size), result_buffer)
     image.show()
 
 Note how the example creates a separate ``LuaRuntime`` for each thread