diff --git a/Doc/library/operator.rst b/Doc/library/operator.rst
index 54edf3186e0..9e5354f4cfc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/operator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/operator.rst
@@ -369,12 +369,12 @@ expect a function argument.
    Example of using :func:`itemgetter` to retrieve specific fields from a
    tuple record:
 
-       >>> inventory = [('apple', 3), ('banana', 2), ('pear', 5), ('orange', 1)]
-       >>> getcount = itemgetter(1)
-       >>> map(getcount, inventory)
-       [3, 2, 5, 1]
-       >>> sorted(inventory, key=getcount)
-       [('orange', 1), ('banana', 2), ('apple', 3), ('pear', 5)]
+      >>> inventory = [('apple', 3), ('banana', 2), ('pear', 5), ('orange', 1)]
+      >>> getcount = itemgetter(1)
+      >>> map(getcount, inventory)
+      [3, 2, 5, 1]
+      >>> sorted(inventory, key=getcount)
+      [('orange', 1), ('banana', 2), ('apple', 3), ('pear', 5)]
 
 
 .. function:: methodcaller(name[, args...])