diff --git a/listings/ch16-fearless-concurrency/listing-16-01/src/main.rs b/listings/ch16-fearless-concurrency/listing-16-01/src/main.rs
index 6305a98e3d..71afeba7c7 100644
--- a/listings/ch16-fearless-concurrency/listing-16-01/src/main.rs
+++ b/listings/ch16-fearless-concurrency/listing-16-01/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 
 fn main() {
     thread::spawn(|| {
-        for i in 1..10 {
+        for i in 1..5 {
             println!("hi number {} from the spawned thread!", i);
             thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1));
         }