diff --git a/src/sage/misc/sagedoc.py b/src/sage/misc/sagedoc.py
index 6bad826a88..f4d7b8651c 100644
--- a/src/sage/misc/sagedoc.py
+++ b/src/sage/misc/sagedoc.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ see :trac:`12849`::
....: for line in fobj:
....: if "#sage.symbolic.expression.Expression.numerical_approx" in line:
....: print(line)
- numerical_approx(prec=None, digits=None, algorithm=None)...
+ numerical_approx(prec=None, digits=None, algorithm=None)...
Check that sphinx is not imported at Sage start-up::