diff --git a/component-model/src/design/wit-example.md b/component-model/src/design/wit-example.md
index 45298b36..847b8073 100644
--- a/component-model/src/design/wit-example.md
+++ b/component-model/src/design/wit-example.md
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ an unsigned 32-bit integer.
 The following declares a function named `now`:
 
 ```wit
-now: func() -> instant;
+now: func() -> datetime;
 ```
 
 The empty parentheses `()` indicate that the function has no arguments.
 The return type is the type after the final arrow (`->`),
-which is `instant`.
-Putting it together: `now()` is a nullary function that returns an instant.
+which is `datetime`.
+Putting it together: `now()` is a nullary function that returns a datetime.
 
 ### Summing up