diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 9cd7a4cf3ba..7f337f67ca6 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ keys.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[object]{__hash__}{self}
-Called for the key object for dictionary\obindex{dictionary}
+Called for the key object for dictionary \obindex{dictionary}
 operations, and by the built-in function
 \function{hash()}\bifuncindex{hash}.  Should return a 32-bit integer
 usable as a hash value