#4000: fix several 2.x atavisms.
diff --git a/Doc/library/reprlib.rst b/Doc/library/reprlib.rst
index e503442..aad6f66 100644
--- a/Doc/library/reprlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/reprlib.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
            if obj.name in ['<stdin>', '<stdout>', '<stderr>']:
                return obj.name
            else:
-               return `obj`
+               return repr(obj)
 
    aRepr = MyRepr()
    print aRepr.repr(sys.stdin)          # prints '<stdin>'