diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index 7251479..54fa755 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 |                                | (-*t1.days*, -*t1.seconds*,                   |
 |                                | -*t1.microseconds*), and to *t1*\* -1. (1)(4) |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| ``abs(t)``                     | equivalent to +*t* when ``t.days >= 0``, and  |
+| ``abs(t)``                     | equivalent to +\ *t* when ``t.days >= 0``, and|
 |                                | to -*t* when ``t.days < 0``. (2)              |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+