diff --git a/Doc/howto/regex.rst b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
index e9404a4a7f88e9..1164be0f338686 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/regex.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/regex.rst
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ desired group's name. Named groups are still given numbers, so you can
 retrieve information about a group in two ways::
 
    >>> p = re.compile(r'(?P<word>\b\w+\b)')
-   >>> m = p.search( '((( Lots of punctuation )))' )
+   >>> m = p.search('((( Lots of punctuation )))')
    >>> m.group('word')
    'Lots'
    >>> m.group(1)