diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 8c3134a61ed..ee9703819e2 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ in the same order they were added sequentially over the dictionary.
 Replacing an existing key does not change the order, however removing a key
 and re-inserting it will add it to the end instead of keeping its old place.
 
-Dictionaries are mutable; they can be created by the ``{...}`` notation (see
+Dictionaries are mutable; they can be created by the ``{}`` notation (see
 section :ref:`dict`).
 
 .. index::