diff --git a/doc/src/manual/modules.md b/doc/src/manual/modules.md
index d8242d1749f2d..ce569390ba9a8 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/modules.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/modules.md
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ end
 end
 ```
 
-### Module initialization and precompilation
+## Module initialization and precompilation
 
 Large modules can take several seconds to load because executing all of the statements in a module
 often involves compiling a large amount of code.