diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 36c852974da910..2eefefc32eb0d7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -2690,7 +2690,7 @@ disabled by default.
    >>> client_context.maximum_version = ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_3
 
 
-The SSL context created above will only allow TLSv1.2 and later (if
+The SSL context created above will only allow TLSv1.3 and later (if
 supported by your system) connections to a server. :const:`PROTOCOL_TLS_CLIENT`
 implies certificate validation and hostname checks by default. You have to
 load certificates into the context.