diff --git a/doc/faq/virtualenv_faq.rst b/doc/faq/virtualenv_faq.rst
index 9c385aafd25..934649f993c 100644
--- a/doc/faq/virtualenv_faq.rst
+++ b/doc/faq/virtualenv_faq.rst
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ implemented in a script as below. To use this modify ``PYVER`` and
   PYTHON=${PATHTOPYTHON}python${PYVER}
 
   # find the root of the virtualenv, it should be the parent of the dir this script is in
-  ENV=`$PYTHON -c "import os; print os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(\"$0\"), '..'))"`
+  ENV=`$PYTHON -c "import os; print(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(\"$0\"), '..')))"`
 
   # now run Python with the virtualenv set as Python's HOME
   export PYTHONHOME=$ENV