diff --git a/doc/example.te b/doc/example.te
index 823835532..af61f6e4c 100644
--- a/doc/example.te
+++ b/doc/example.te
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-policy_module(myapp,1.0.0)
+policy_module(example,1.0.0) # a non-base module name must match the file name
 
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