diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index a85bf339ae1bc8..98a9d21abec525 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Directory and files operations
    is true and *src* is a symbolic link, *dst* will be a copy of
    the file *src* refers to.
 
-   :func:`copy` copies the file data and the file's permission
+   :func:`~shutil.copy` copies the file data and the file's permission
    mode (see :func:`os.chmod`).  Other metadata, like the
    file's creation and modification times, is not preserved.
    To preserve all file metadata from the original, use