diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
index 354bb11..30cb729 100644
--- a/Doc/library/turtle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
@@ -308,5 +308,5 @@
 .. method:: Turtle.degrees([fullcircle])
 
    *fullcircle* is by default 360. This can cause the pen to have any angular units
-   whatever: give *fullcircle* 2\*$π for radians, or 400 for gradians.
+   whatever: give *fullcircle* ``2*pi`` for radians, or 400 for gradians.