diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index b4d58b9b689..051ac92ca7b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ example::
 
    # Never do this -- insecure!
    symbol = 'IBM'
-   c.execute("... where symbol = '%s'" % symbol)
+   c.execute("select * from stocks where symbol = '%s'" % symbol)
 
    # Do this instead
    t = (symbol,)