diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
index a04926b44612e7..e28664d680a044 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
@@ -541,31 +541,35 @@ the variable, with no further intervention on your part.
 
 For example::
 
-   class App(Frame):
-       def __init__(self, master=None):
+   import tkinter as tk
+
+   class App(tk.Frame):
+       def __init__(self, master):
            super().__init__(master)
            self.pack()
 
-           self.entrythingy = Entry()
+           self.entrythingy = tk.Entry()
            self.entrythingy.pack()
 
-           # here is the application variable
-           self.contents = StringVar()
-           # set it to some value
+           # Create the application variable.
+           self.contents = tk.StringVar()
+           # Set it to some value.
            self.contents.set("this is a variable")
-           # tell the entry widget to watch this variable
+           # Tell the entry widget to watch this variable.
            self.entrythingy["textvariable"] = self.contents
 
-           # and here we get a callback when the user hits return.
-           # we will have the program print out the value of the
-           # application variable when the user hits return
+           # Define a callback for when the user hits return.
+           # It prints the current value of the variable.
            self.entrythingy.bind('<Key-Return>',
-                                 self.print_contents)
+                                self.print_contents)
 
        def print_contents(self, event):
-           print("hi. contents of entry is now ---->",
+           print("Hi. The current entry content is:",
                  self.contents.get())
 
+   root = tk.Tk()
+   myapp = App(root)
+   myapp.mainloop()
 
 The Window Manager
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-03-01-59-48.bpo-41425.KJo6zF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-03-01-59-48.bpo-41425.KJo6zF.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..617df72faeb37f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-03-01-59-48.bpo-41425.KJo6zF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make tkinter doc example runnable.