diff --git a/Doc/library/termios.rst b/Doc/library/termios.rst
index 4847949..2b1be7b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/termios.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/termios.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 :keyword:`finally` statement to ensure that the old tty attributes are restored
 exactly no matter what happens::
 
-   def getpass(prompt = "Password: "):
+   def getpass(prompt="Password: "):
        import termios, sys
        fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
        old = termios.tcgetattr(fd)