diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 3a9ffbc8281..76003ea3938 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ instead.
 
    .. rubric:: Footnotes
    .. [1] :class:`SSLContext` disables SSLv2 with :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2` by default.
-   .. [2] :class:`SSLContext` disables SSLv2 with :data:`OP_NO_SSLv2` by default.
+   .. [2] :class:`SSLContext` disables SSLv3 with :data:`OP_NO_SSLv3` by default.
 
    .. note::