diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index 6d8b207cbc03ab..bcbdb0516bba93 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ The add_argument() method
 The following sections describe how each of these are used.
 
 
-.. _name_or_flags:
+.. _`name or flags`:
 
 name or flags
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^