diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
index 6b8574827..a29f69598 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/mod.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 //! ```
 //!
 //! If the `rt-threaded` feature flag is enabled, [`Runtime::new`] will return a
-//! basic scheduler runtime by default.
+//! threaded scheduler runtime by default.
 //!
 //! Most applications should use the threaded scheduler, except in some niche
 //! use-cases, such as when running only a single thread is required.