diff --git a/Doc/library/calendar.rst b/Doc/library/calendar.rst
index e308e5bfb009061..9d63c79e25d79ee 100644
--- a/Doc/library/calendar.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/calendar.rst
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ interpreted as prescribed by the ISO 8601 standard.  Year 0 is 1 BC, year -1 is
 
 For simple text calendars this module provides the following functions.
 
-.. function:: setfirstweekday(weekday)
+.. function:: setfirstweekday(firstweekday)
 
    Sets the weekday (``0`` is Monday, ``6`` is Sunday) to start each week. The
    values :const:`MONDAY`, :const:`TUESDAY`, :const:`WEDNESDAY`, :const:`THURSDAY`,