diff --git a/pep-0498.txt b/pep-0498.txt
index b2c53d9c7..0e97a5f78 100644
--- a/pep-0498.txt
+++ b/pep-0498.txt
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ mechanism that ``str.format()`` uses to convert values to strings.
 
 For example, this code::
 
-  f'abc{expr1:spec1}{expr2!r:spec2}def{expr3:!s}ghi'
+  f'abc{expr1:spec1}{expr2!r:spec2}def{expr3!s}ghi'
 
 Might be be evaluated as::