diff --git a/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst b/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst
index 97cb5abe11a..03b4ca601e0 100644
--- a/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst
+++ b/docs/handbook/writing-your-own-file-decoder.rst
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ The raw decoder
 The ``raw`` decoder is used to read uncompressed data from an image file. It
 can be used with most uncompressed file formats, such as PPM, BMP, uncompressed
 TIFF, and many others. To use the raw decoder with the
-:py:func:`PIL.Image.frombytes` function, use the following syntax::
+:py:func:`PIL.Image.frombytes` function, use the following syntax:
 
 .. code-block:: python