diff --git a/syntactic-sugar-python/README.md b/syntactic-sugar-python/README.md
index 3808952bbd..9890415043 100644
--- a/syntactic-sugar-python/README.md
+++ b/syntactic-sugar-python/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# Syntactic Sugar in Python: Making Your Code Pythonic
+# Syntactic Sugar: Why Python is Sweet and Pythonic
 
-This folder provides the code examples for the Real Python tutorial [Syntactic Sugar in Python: Making Your Code Pythonic](https://realpython.com/python-syntactic-sugar/).
+This folder provides the code examples for the Real Python tutorial [Syntactic Sugar: Why Python is Sweet and Pythonic](https://realpython.com/python-syntactic-sugar/).
diff --git a/syntactic-sugar-python/circle.py b/syntactic-sugar-python/circle.py
index 90baeceace..8cb9e94273 100644
--- a/syntactic-sugar-python/circle.py
+++ b/syntactic-sugar-python/circle.py
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ def __init__(self, radius):
     def area(self):
         return pi * self.radius**2
 
-    def perimeter(self):
+    def circumference(self):
         return 2 * pi * self.radius
 
 
 circle = Circle(10)
 print(circle.radius)
 print(circle.area())
-print(circle.perimeter())
+print(circle.circumference())
diff --git a/syntactic-sugar-python/timing.py b/syntactic-sugar-python/timing.py
index 0be2f7d75a..484ea8a4c3 100644
--- a/syntactic-sugar-python/timing.py
+++ b/syntactic-sugar-python/timing.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 def timer(func):
     @functools.wraps(func)
     def _timer(*args, **kwargs):
-        start = time.time()
+        start = time.perf_counter()
         result = func(*args, **kwargs)
-        end = time.time()
+        end = time.perf_counter()
         print(f"Execution time: {end - start:.4f} seconds")
         return result