diff --git a/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst b/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
index 1db93259a..c859ce7c9 100644
--- a/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/spider-middleware.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ single Python class that defines one or more of the following methods:
 
     .. method:: process_spider_exception(response, exception, spider)
 
-        This method is called when when a spider or :meth:process_spider_input:
+        This method is called when when a spider or :meth:`process_spider_input`
         method (from other spider middleware) raises an exception.
 
         :meth:`process_spider_exception` should return either ``None`` or an