diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 6c9b1e58f92..39a03dd988e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ The class can be used to simulate nested scopes and is useful in templating.
       creating subcontexts that can be updated without altering values in any
       of the parent mappings.
 
-   .. attribute:: parents()
+   .. method:: parents()
 
       Returns a new :class:`ChainMap` containing all of the maps in the current
       instance except the first one.  This is useful for skipping the first map