diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
index 6bac65e..99a9f2b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@
    :const:`AREGTYPE`, :const:`LNKTYPE`, :const:`SYMTYPE`, :const:`DIRTYPE`,
    :const:`FIFOTYPE`, :const:`CONTTYPE`, :const:`CHRTYPE`, :const:`BLKTYPE`,
    :const:`GNUTYPE_SPARSE`.  To determine the type of a :class:`TarInfo` object
-   more conveniently, use the ``is_*()`` methods below.
+   more conveniently, use the ``is*()`` methods below.
 
 
 .. attribute:: TarInfo.linkname