fix incorrect example

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 96b254ce0d1efa538d14a2b3fd4c2c7fd49b1654..6d0d4224d913e2224adac9c7be0e23ba7a58e36d 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ The formatting template uses curly brackets (`{`, `}`) as special characters::
 
 Curly brackets can be escaped by doubling them::
 
-     >>> format("Empty dict: {{}}")
+     >>> "Empty dict: {{}}".format()
      "Empty dict: {}"
 
 Field names can be integers indicating positional arguments, such as