diff --git a/Doc/library/abc.rst b/Doc/library/abc.rst
index 9461aa5dc2e..d591daa387d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/abc.rst
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ It also provides the following decorators:
       multiple-inheritance.
 
 
-.. function:: abstractproperty(fget[, fset[, fdel[, doc]]])
+.. function:: abstractproperty([fget[, fset[, fdel[, doc]]]])
 
    A subclass of the built-in :func:`property`, indicating an abstract property.
 
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ It also provides the following decorators:
           def setx(self, value): ...
           x = abstractproperty(getx, setx)
 
+
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 
 .. [#] C++ programmers should note that Python's virtual base class