diff --git a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
index eb99013395360a..d86e99ffbbfa28 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ conversion function:
    ParseTuple converter: decode :class:`bytes` objects -- obtained either
    directly or indirectly through the :class:`os.PathLike` interface -- to
    :class:`str` using :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize`; :class:`str`
-   objects are output as-is. *result* must be a :c:type:`PyUnicodeObject*` which
+   objects are output as-is. *result* must be a :c:expr:`PyUnicodeObject*` which
    must be released when it is no longer used.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2