diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index 06f8bf2a8b6fa8..e70fef9cdf747f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ loops that truncate the stream.
 
 .. classmethod:: chain.from_iterable(iterable)
 
-   Alternate constructor for :func:`chain`.  Gets chained inputs from a
+   Alternate constructor for :meth:`chain`.  Gets chained inputs from a
    single iterable argument that is evaluated lazily.  Roughly equivalent to::
 
       def from_iterable(iterables):