diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index a819c41d834aa70..63baefd33e88c50 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ The match statement is used for pattern matching.  Syntax:
    match_stmt: 'match' `subject_expr` ":" NEWLINE INDENT `case_block`+ DEDENT
    subject_expr: `flexible_expression` "," [`flexible_expression_list` [',']]
                : | `assignment_expression`
-   case_block: 'case' `patterns` [`guard`] ":" `!block`
+   case_block: 'case' `patterns` [`guard`] ":" `suite`
 
 .. note::
    This section uses single quotes to denote