diff --git a/jedi/api/__init__.py b/jedi/api/__init__.py
index 7942f6b4..0008f6ff 100644
--- a/jedi/api/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/api/__init__.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class Script:
         quite hard to do for Jedi, if it is too complicated, Jedi will stop
         searching.
 
-        :param include_builtins: Default ``True``. If ``False``, checks if a reference
+        :param include_builtins: Default ``True``. If ``False``, checks if a definition
             is a builtin (e.g. ``sys``) and in that case does not return it.
         :param scope: Default ``'project'``. If ``'file'``, include references in
             the current module only.
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_usages.py b/test/test_api/test_usages.py
index ed789c66..93edd34d 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_usages.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_usages.py
@@ -10,16 +10,15 @@ def test_import_references(Script):
 
 def test_exclude_builtin_modules(Script):
     def get(include):
-        from jedi.api.project import Project
-        script = Script(source, project=Project('', sys_path=[], smart_sys_path=False))
-        references = script.get_references(column=8, include_builtins=include)
+        references = Script(source).get_references(include_builtins=include)
         return [(d.line, d.column) for d in references]
-    source = '''import sys\nprint(sys.path)'''
+    source = '''import sys\nsys.setprofile'''
     places = get(include=True)
-    assert len(places) > 2  # Includes stubs
+    assert len(places) >= 3  # Includes stubs, the reference itself and the builtin
 
     places = get(include=False)
-    assert places == [(1, 7), (2, 6)]
+    # Just the reference
+    assert places == [(2, 4)]
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('code, places', [