diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
index f5d7146..8ff6012 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib.rst
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@
    >>> import smtplib
    >>> server = smtplib.SMTP('localhost')
    >>> server.sendmail('soothsayer@example.org', 'jcaesar@example.org',
-   """To: jcaesar@example.org
-   From: soothsayer@example.org
-
-   Beware the Ides of March.
-   """)
+   ... """To: jcaesar@example.org
+   ... From: soothsayer@example.org
+   ...
+   ... Beware the Ides of March.
+   ... """)
    >>> server.quit()