diff --git a/Doc/howto/functional.rst b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
index 1f0608fb0fc53f..b4f3463afee812 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/functional.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/functional.rst
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@ have the form::
                  for expr2 in sequence2
                  if condition2
                  for expr3 in sequence3
-                 ...
                  if condition3
+                 ...
                  for exprN in sequenceN
                  if conditionN )