diff --git a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
index 38ef55f0d60..0ce123592bb 100644
--- a/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/fcntlmodule.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(flock_doc,
 "flock(fd, operation)\n\
 \n\
 Perform the lock operation op on file descriptor fd.  See the Unix \n\
-manual page for flock(3) for details.  (On some systems, this function is\n\
+manual page for flock(2) for details.  (On some systems, this function is\n\
 emulated using fcntl().)");