diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 112b76beb0b..0ee61f395aa 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ Python's default implementation to a SipHash implementation on platforms that
 have a 64 bit data type.  Any performance differences in comparison with the
 older FNV algorithm are trivial.
 
-The PEP adds additional fields to the :func:`sys.hash_info` struct sequence to
+The PEP adds additional fields to the :attr:`sys.hash_info` struct sequence to
 describe the hash algorithm in use by the currently executing binary.  Otherwise,
 the PEP does not alter any existing CPython APIs.