diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt
index c07dfb6aa9..0410049297 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ Exceptions
 ~~~~~~~~~~
 
 If you point the test client at a view that raises an exception, that exception
-will be visible in the test case. You can then use a standard ``try...catch``
+will be visible in the test case. You can then use a standard ``try...except``
 block or ``unittest.TestCase.assertRaises()`` to test for exceptions.
 
 The only exceptions that are not visible to the test client are ``Http404``,