diff --git a/Doc/perl/python.perl b/Doc/perl/python.perl
index 8968df3..332f518 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/python.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/python.perl
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 
 # the older version of LaTeX2HTML we use doesn't support this, but we use it:
 
-sub do_cmd_textasciitilde{ '~' . @_[0]; }
+sub do_cmd_textasciitilde{ '&#126;' . @_[0]; }
 sub do_cmd_textasciicircum{ '^' . @_[0]; }
 sub do_cmd_textbar{ '|' . @_[0]; }
 sub do_cmd_textgreater{ '&gt;' . @_[0]; }