diff --git a/Lib/traceback.py b/Lib/traceback.py
index d5b37528bab..3b2cae748e9 100644
--- a/Lib/traceback.py
+++ b/Lib/traceback.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def print_tb(tb, limit=None, file=None):
     print_list(extract_tb(tb, limit=limit), file=file)
 
 def format_tb(tb, limit=None):
-    """A shorthand for 'format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit))."""
+    """A shorthand for 'format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit))'."""
     return format_list(extract_tb(tb, limit=limit))
 
 def extract_tb(tb, limit=None):