diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index c88d3520e988ff..f1803c685a9e23 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ The :mod:`curses` module defines the following data members:
 
 .. data:: ERR
 
-   Some curses routines  that  return  an integer, such as  :func:`getch`, return
+   Some curses routines  that  return  an integer, such as :meth:`~window.getch`, return
    :const:`ERR` upon failure.