diff --git a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
--- a/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tarfile.rst
@@ -504,17 +504,17 @@ A ``TarInfo`` object has the following p
 
 
 .. attribute:: TarInfo.type
 
    File type.  *type* is usually one of these constants: :const:`REGTYPE`,
    :const:`AREGTYPE`, :const:`LNKTYPE`, :const:`SYMTYPE`, :const:`DIRTYPE`,
    :const:`FIFOTYPE`, :const:`CONTTYPE`, :const:`CHRTYPE`, :const:`BLKTYPE`,
    :const:`GNUTYPE_SPARSE`.  To determine the type of a :class:`TarInfo` object
-   more conveniently, use the ``is_*()`` methods below.
+   more conveniently, use the ``is*()`` methods below.
 
 
 .. attribute:: TarInfo.linkname
 
    Name of the target file name, which is only present in :class:`TarInfo` objects
    of type :const:`LNKTYPE` and :const:`SYMTYPE`.