diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index 458eb8352652366..4c1206cfe6853d2 100644
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -2251,7 +2251,7 @@ def do_args(self, arg):
     do_a = do_args
 
     def do_retval(self, arg):
-        """retval
+        """rv | retval
 
         Print the return value for the last return of a function.
         """