diff --git a/src/stim/simulators/frame_simulator.pybind.cc b/src/stim/simulators/frame_simulator.pybind.cc
index 0bcee645..7c10db55 100644
--- a/src/stim/simulators/frame_simulator.pybind.cc
+++ b/src/stim/simulators/frame_simulator.pybind.cc
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ void stim_pybind::pybind_frame_simulator_methods(
                 >>> r.shape
                 (7,)
                 >>> r[6] & 0b1110_0000  # zero'd padding bits
-                np.uint8(0)
+                0
 
                 >>> r2 = sim.generate_bernoulli_samples(53, p=0.2, bit_packed=True, out=r)
                 >>> r is r2  # Check request to reuse r worked.