diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 7e31b63aa45..3c7698fc0e2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
          Accepts multiple input iterables.
 
    .. method:: symmetric_difference_update(other)
-               set ^= other | ...
+               set ^= other
 
       Update the set, keeping only elements found in either set, but not in both.