diff --git a/Doc/howto/mro.rst b/Doc/howto/mro.rst
index 46db516e16da..0872bedcd3a2 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/mro.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/mro.rst
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ with inheritance diagram
 
 We see that class G inherits from F and E, with F *before* E:  therefore
 we would expect the attribute *G.remember2buy* to be inherited by
-*F.rembermer2buy* and not by *E.remember2buy*:  nevertheless Python 2.2
+*F.remember2buy* and not by *E.remember2buy*:  nevertheless Python 2.2
 gives
 
   >>> G.remember2buy  # doctest: +SKIP