diff --git a/config.toml.example b/config.toml.example
index 9121d1e179926..f3d744fc1eec0 100644
--- a/config.toml.example
+++ b/config.toml.example
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 # rustdoc tests, the lldb python interpreter, and some dist bits and pieces.
 #
 # Defaults to the Python interpreter used to execute x.py.
-#python = "python"
+#python = "python3"
 
 # Force Cargo to check that Cargo.lock describes the precise dependency
 # set that all the Cargo.toml files create, instead of updating it.
diff --git a/x.py b/x.py
index 7973730ef177c..6186ebb5d48a5 100755
--- a/x.py
+++ b/x.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 # This file is only a "symlink" to bootstrap.py, all logic should go there.