diff --git a/python/ray/tune/examples/ax_example.py b/python/ray/tune/examples/ax_example.py
index 505c4f1af..e6e3c60b4 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/examples/ax_example.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/examples/ax_example.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         outcome_constraints=["l2norm <= 1.25"],  # Optional.
     )
     algo = AxSearch(client, max_concurrent=4)
-    scheduler = AsyncHyperBandScheduler(metric="hartmann6", mode="max")
+    scheduler = AsyncHyperBandScheduler(metric="hartmann6", mode="min")
     run(easy_objective,
         name="ax",
         search_alg=algo,