diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index 2a3fe91bb36f63..37354ee278d3e2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ DocTestRunner objects
    For more information, see section :ref:`doctest-options`.
 
 
-   :class:`DocTestParser` defines the following methods:
+   :class:`DocTestRunner` defines the following methods:
 
 
    .. method:: report_start(out, test, example)