diff --git a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
index b2fccb19f5d..1d6d5c45b4d 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/sorting.rst
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ To convert to a key function, just wrap the old comparison function:
 
 .. testsetup::
 
-    >>> from functools import cmp_to_key
+    from functools import cmp_to_key
 
 .. doctest::