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diff --git a/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst b/Doc/howto/urllib2.rst
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@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ component and the hostname and optionally the port number)
e.g. "http://example.com/" *or* an "authority" (i.e. the hostname,
optionally including the port number) e.g. "example.com" or "example.com:8080"
(the latter example includes a port number). The authority, if present, must
-NOT contain the "userinfo" component - for example "joe@password:example.com" is
+NOT contain the "userinfo" component - for example "joe:password@example.com" is
not correct.