diff --git a/doc/en/example/simple.rst b/doc/en/example/simple.rst
index fa3e68ce9..97a6dd9f4 100644
--- a/doc/en/example/simple.rst
+++ b/doc/en/example/simple.rst
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ Here is an example for making a ``db`` fixture available in a directory:
         pass
 
 
-    @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="package")
     def db():
         return DB()