diff --git a/Doc/library/itertools.rst b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
index 5846d784c88ccc..f97e7f720ae4e4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/itertools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/itertools.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ operator can be mapped across two vectors to form an efficient dot-product:
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 Iterator            Arguments               Results                                                         Example
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-:func:`count`       start, [step]           start, start+step, start+2*step, ...                            ``count(10) --> 10 11 12 13 14 ...``
+:func:`count`       [start[, step]]         start, start+step, start+2*step, ...                            ``count(10) --> 10 11 12 13 14 ...``
 :func:`cycle`       p                       p0, p1, ... plast, p0, p1, ...                                  ``cycle('ABCD') --> A B C D A B C D ...``
 :func:`repeat`      elem [,n]               elem, elem, elem, ... endlessly or up to n times                ``repeat(10, 3) --> 10 10 10``
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