diff --git a/Doc/reference/import.rst b/Doc/reference/import.rst
index 484457a8a5bb5c..4dbd9d88c301a0 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/import.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/import.rst
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ import machinery will create the new module itself.
 
 .. versionchanged:: 3.6
    An :exc:`ImportError` is raised when ``exec_module()`` is defined but
-   ``create_module`` is not.
+   ``create_module()`` is not.
 
 Submodules
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