diff --git a/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py b/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py
index 9163ef859d8..b7911fd61c4 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_robotparser.py
@@ -149,5 +149,5 @@ def test_main():
     TestCase().run()
 
 if __name__=='__main__':
-    test_support.Verbose = 1
+    test_support.verbose = 1
     test_main()