diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 0088775d2fd..0b5cb541662 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ Accessing functions from loaded dlls
 
 Functions are accessed as attributes of dll objects::
 
-   >>> from ctypes import *
    >>> libc.printf
    <_FuncPtr object at 0x...>
    >>> print(windll.kernel32.GetModuleHandleA)  # doctest: +WINDOWS