diff --git a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
index b84c60b708d..824995eddce 100644
--- a/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/html.parser.rst
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ implementations do nothing (except for :meth:`~HTMLParser.handle_startendtag`):
 
    The content of Internet Explorer conditional comments (condcoms) will also be
    sent to this method, so, for ``<!--[if IE 9]>IE9-specific content<![endif]-->``,
-   this method will receive ``'[if IE 9]>IE-specific content<![endif]'``.
+   this method will receive ``'[if IE 9]>IE9-specific content<![endif]'``.
 
 
 .. method:: HTMLParser.handle_decl(decl)