diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index e85a63531a36aa..3078ec29afe1f0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -2420,6 +2420,7 @@ Some useful URI tricks include:
    >>> con.execute("CREATE TABLE readonly(data)")
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database
+   >>> con.close()
 
 * Do not implicitly create a new database file if it does not already exist;
   will raise :exc:`~sqlite3.OperationalError` if unable to create a new file: