diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index e351c962d99b..c83bd9c4f3d5 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ A function definition defines a user-defined function object (see section
    parameter_list_no_posonly: `defparameter` ("," `defparameter`)* ["," [`parameter_list_starargs`]]
                             : | `parameter_list_starargs`
    parameter_list_starargs: "*" [`star_parameter`] ("," `defparameter`)* ["," [`parameter_star_kwargs`]]
-                          : "*" ("," `defparameter`)+ ["," [`parameter_star_kwargs`]]
+                          : | "*" ("," `defparameter`)+ ["," [`parameter_star_kwargs`]]
                           : | `parameter_star_kwargs`
    parameter_star_kwargs: "**" `parameter` [","]
    parameter: `identifier` [":" `expression`]