diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index ffc75aed250..c3b64ead7c6 100755
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ def help_commands(self):
 step, next, return, jump, quit and their abbreviations) terminates
 the command list (as if that command was immediately followed by end).
 This is because any time you resume execution
-(even with a simple next or step), you may encounter·
+(even with a simple next or step), you may encounter
 another breakpoint--which could have its own command list, leading to
 ambiguities about which list to execute.