diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 8a99523..4d15681 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@
       Connect a local manager object to a remote manager process:
 
       >>> from multiprocessing.managers import BaseManager
-      >>> m = BaseManager(address='127.0.0.1', authkey='abc))
+      >>> m = BaseManager(address='127.0.0.1', authkey='abc)
       >>> m.connect()
 
    .. method:: shutdown()