diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index b4b49116d12..fc09aa0dbf3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ Test cases
             do_something()
 
         the_exception = cm.exc_value
-        self.assertEquals(the_exception.error_code, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(the_exception.error_code, 3)
 
         .. versionchanged:: 3.1
          Added the ability to use :meth:`assertRaises` as a context manager.