diff --git a/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu b/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu
index 6e77810f4f..2d303c669a 100644
--- a/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu
+++ b/crates/nu-std/lib/mod.nu
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def "from ns" [] {
 #
 # # Examples
 #     measure the performance of simple addition
-#     > std bench { 1 + 2 } -n 10
+#     > std bench { 1 + 2 } -n 10 | table -e
 #     ╭───────┬────────────────────╮
 #     │ mean  │ 4µs 956ns          │
 #     │ std   │ 4µs 831ns          │