diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index cbd47c190169d4..026692a11f6dd4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ expression support in the :mod:`re` module).
       >>> 'Python'.rjust(10, '.')
       '....Python'
 
-The original string is returned if *width* is less than or equal to ``len(s)``.
+    The original string is returned if *width* is less than or equal to ``len(s)``.
 
    See also :meth:`ljust`.