Use kbd role.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
index 07cbc1c..5efb1f5 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@
* Regular and recursive lock acquisitions can now be interrupted by signals on
platforms using pthreads. This means that Python programs that deadlock while
acquiring locks can be successfully killed by repeatedly sending SIGINT to the
- process (by pressing Ctl+C in most shells).
+ process (by pressing :kbd:`Ctrl+C` in most shells).
(Contributed by Reid Kleckner; :issue:`8844`.)