diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
index b3704e18bf6..eedcaa355f9 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class Application:
 
 
 Another function in the \module{functools} module is the
-\function{update_wrapper(\var{wrapper, \var{wrapped})} function that
+\function{update_wrapper(\var{wrapper}, \var{wrapped})} function that
 helps you write well-behaved decorators.  \function{update_wrapper()}
 copies the name, module, and docstring attribute to a wrapper function
 so that tracebacks inside the wrapped function are easier to