diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index fac64bcc69f..6f52a9a8cf1 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ builtin_compile(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         goto finally;
     }
 
-    str = source_as_string(cmd, "compile", "string, bytes, AST or code", &cf);
+    str = source_as_string(cmd, "compile", "string, bytes or AST", &cf);
     if (str == NULL)
         goto error;