diff --git a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
index efd85743a41..666de64fade 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
@@ -1199,7 +1199,8 @@ Sequence Object Structures
 
    This function is used by :c:func:`PySequence_Repeat` and has the same
    signature.  It is also used by the ``*`` operator, after trying numeric
-   multiplication via the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_as_number.nb_mul` slot.
+   multiplication via the :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_as_number.nb_multiply`
+   slot.
 
 .. c:member:: ssizeargfunc PySequenceMethods.sq_item