diff --git a/Doc/library/hmac.rst b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
index c2066a7bbdf..95756933d18 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hmac.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hmac.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This module implements the HMAC algorithm as described by :rfc:`2104`.
    Return a new hmac object.  *key* is a bytes object giving the secret key.  If
    *msg* is present, the method call ``update(msg)`` is made.  *digestmod* is
    the digest constructor or module for the HMAC object to use. It defaults to
-   the :func:`hashlib.md5` constructor.
+   the :data:`hashlib.md5` constructor.
 
 
 An HMAC object has the following methods: