diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
 Most built-in types implement the following options for format specifications,
 although some of the formatting options are only supported by the numeric types.
 
-A general convention is that an empty format string (``""``) produces
+A general convention is that an empty format specification (``"{}"``) produces
 the same result as if you had called :func:`str` on the value. A
 non-empty format string typically modifies the result.