diff --git a/Modules/_winapi.c b/Modules/_winapi.c
index af6b5d7e098..1074891ef11 100644
--- a/Modules/_winapi.c
+++ b/Modules/_winapi.c
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ winapi_WaitForMultipleObjects(PyObject* self, PyObject* args)
     if (!PySequence_Check(handle_seq)) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "sequence type expected, got '%s'",
-                     Py_TYPE(handle_seq)->tp_doc);
+                     Py_TYPE(handle_seq)->tp_name);
         return NULL;
     }
     nhandles = PySequence_Length(handle_seq);