diff --git a/docs/topics/testing.txt b/docs/topics/testing.txt
index a390207a4f..8804721715 100644
--- a/docs/topics/testing.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/testing.txt
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ 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``,