diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 73aefadea81..f14c71bcea4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ types should support too):
 .. method:: dict.values()
 
    Return a copy of the dictionary's list of values.  See the note for
-   :meth:`mapping.items`.
+   :meth:`dict.items`.
 
 
 .. _bltin-file-objects: