diff --git a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
index a97f1d23f..8a10fe327 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/clinic.rst
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ If you run that script, specifying a C file as an argument:
 
 .. code-block:: shell-session
 
-    $ python3 Tools/clinic/clinic.py foo.c
+    $ python Tools/clinic/clinic.py foo.c
 
 Argument Clinic will scan over the file looking for lines that
 look exactly like this: