diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 0e3aa19..3d33190 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
 
    :platform: Windows 
    
-   The `meth:ioctl` method is a limited interface to the WSAIoctl system
+   The :meth:`ioctl` method is a limited interface to the WSAIoctl system
    interface. Please refer to the MSDN documentation for more information.
    
    .. versionadded:: 2.6