diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 4a57e9c8799..18c3f47dddc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -948,8 +948,8 @@ their subgroups based on the types of the contained exceptions.
       these fields do not need to be updated by :meth:`derive`. ::
 
          >>> class MyGroup(ExceptionGroup):
-         ...     def derive(self, exc):
-         ...         return MyGroup(self.message, exc)
+         ...     def derive(self, excs):
+         ...         return MyGroup(self.message, excs)
          ...
          >>> e = MyGroup("eg", [ValueError(1), TypeError(2)])
          >>> e.add_note("a note")