diff --git a/pylib/cqlshlib/helptopics.py b/pylib/cqlshlib/helptopics.py
index 34584ff119..bcec9bc3a2 100644
--- a/pylib/cqlshlib/helptopics.py
+++ b/pylib/cqlshlib/helptopics.py
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ class CQL3HelpTopics(CQLHelpTopics):
                     ( <colname1>, <colname2> [, <colname3> [, ...]] )
                VALUES ( <colval1>, <colval2> [, <colval3> [, ...]] )
                [USING TIMESTAMP <timestamp>]
-                 [AND TTL <timeToLive]];
+                 [AND TTL <timeToLive>];
 
         An INSERT is used to write one or more columns to a record in a
         CQL table. No results are returned.