diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 1d686cfd97b..23dbd1f976e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Bookkeeping functions:
 
    *state* should have been obtained from a previous call to :func:`getstate`, and
    :func:`setstate` restores the internal state of the generator to what it was at
-   the time :func:`setstate` was called.
+   the time :func:`getstate` was called.
 
 
 .. function:: getrandbits(k)