diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 66b34b779f27cb..fae5e384d3245f 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ $(DLLLIBRARY) libpython$(LDVERSION).dll.a: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
# wasm32-emscripten browser web example
WEBEX_DIR=$(srcdir)/Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/
-web_example/python.html: $(WEBEX_DIR)/python.html
+web_example/index.html: $(WEBEX_DIR)/index.html
@mkdir -p web_example
@cp $< $@
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ web_example/python.mjs web_example/python.wasm: $(BUILDPYTHON)
cp python.wasm web_example/python.wasm
.PHONY: web_example
-web_example: web_example/python.mjs web_example/python.worker.mjs web_example/python.html web_example/server.py $(WEB_STDLIB)
+web_example: web_example/python.mjs web_example/python.worker.mjs web_example/index.html web_example/server.py $(WEB_STDLIB)
############################################################################
# Header files
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2025-07-05-15-10-42.gh-issue-136251.GRM6o8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2025-07-05-15-10-42.gh-issue-136251.GRM6o8.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6a09b8f57f67dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2025-07-05-15-10-42.gh-issue-136251.GRM6o8.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Improved usability of ``Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example``
diff --git a/Tools/wasm/README.md b/Tools/wasm/README.md
index 232321c515721e..9288598a0abc29 100644
--- a/Tools/wasm/README.md
+++ b/Tools/wasm/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ https://github.com/psf/webassembly for more information.
### Build
To cross compile to the ``wasm32-emscripten`` platform you need
-[the Emscripten compiler toolchain](https://emscripten.org/),
+[the Emscripten compiler toolchain](https://emscripten.org/),
a Python interpreter, and an installation of Node version 18 or newer.
Emscripten version 4.0.2 is recommended; newer versions may also work, but all
official testing is performed with that version. All commands below are relative
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ CLI you will need to write your own alternative to `node_entry.mjs`.
### The Web Example
-When building for Emscripten, the web example will be built automatically. It is
-in the ``web_example`` directory. To run the web example, ``cd`` into the
+When building for Emscripten, the web example will be built automatically. It
+is in the ``web_example`` directory. To run the web example, ``cd`` into the
``web_example`` directory, then run ``python server.py``. This will start a web
-server; you can then visit ``http://localhost:8000/python.html`` in a browser to
-see a simple REPL example.
+server; you can then visit ``http://localhost:8000/`` in a browser to see a
+simple REPL example.
The web example relies on a bug fix in Emscripten version 3.1.73 so if you build
with earlier versions of Emscripten it may not work. The web example uses
diff --git a/Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/python.html b/Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/index.html
similarity index 61%
rename from Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/python.html
rename to Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/index.html
index 078f86eb764419..29791eca206fe0 100644
--- a/Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/python.html
+++ b/Tools/wasm/emscripten/web_example/index.html
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
-
-
-
-
-
+
+
+
+
+
wasm-python terminal
+ >