diff --git a/Lib/cgitb.py b/Lib/cgitb.py
index 619bdfc25a1..381fb7b8e7d 100644
--- a/Lib/cgitb.py
+++ b/Lib/cgitb.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 By default, tracebacks are displayed but not saved, and context is 5.
 
 Alternatively, if you have caught an exception and want cgitb to display it
-for you, call cgitb.handle().  The optional argument to handle() is a 3-item
+for you, call cgitb.handler().  The optional argument to handler() is a 3-item
 tuple (etype, evalue, etb) just like the value of sys.exc_info()."""
 
 __author__ = 'Ka-Ping Yee'