diff --git a/docs/library/uctypes.rst b/docs/library/uctypes.rst
index 328b968f49..c124592b3c 100644
--- a/docs/library/uctypes.rst
+++ b/docs/library/uctypes.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Following are encoding examples for various field types:
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-.. class:: struct(descriptor, addr, layout_type-NATIVE)
+.. class:: struct(descriptor, addr, layout_type=NATIVE)
 
    Instantiate a "foreign data structure" object based on structure descriptor
    (encoded as a dictionary), layout type (see below), and actual structure