diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index a0936747db5..fe896be2fae 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ disabled by default.
    >>> client_context.maximum_version = ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_3
 
 
-The SSL context created above will only allow TLSv1.2 and later (if
+The SSL context created above will only allow TLSv1.3 and later (if
 supported by your system) connections to a server. :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT`
 implies certificate validation and hostname checks by default. You have to
 load certificates into the context.