diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index 418116faceb..bb41456fb14 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ def name(self, name):
     def ident(self):
         """Thread identifier of this thread or None if it has not been started.
 
-        This is a nonzero integer. See the thread.get_ident() function. Thread
+        This is a nonzero integer. See the get_ident() function. Thread
         identifiers may be recycled when a thread exits and another thread is
         created. The identifier is available even after the thread has exited.