diff --git a/Doc/library/ast.rst b/Doc/library/ast.rst
index fd901e232855b5..1a04d42e5f5d7e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ast.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ast.rst
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ Control flow
 
    .. doctest::
 
-        >> print(ast.dump(ast.parse("""
+        >>> print(ast.dump(ast.parse("""
         ... while x:
         ...    ...
         ... else: