diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst b/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
index b7445a135b7..eccd0ae41da 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.handlers.rst
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ possible, while any potentially slow operations (such as sending an email via
    versions - to always pass each message to each handler.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
-      The ``respect_handler_levels`` argument was added.
+      The ``respect_handler_level`` argument was added.
 
    .. method:: dequeue(block)