diff --git a/tensorflow/python/ops/array_ops.py b/tensorflow/python/ops/array_ops.py
index 9367374717e..fc29aafb7de 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/ops/array_ops.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/ops/array_ops.py
@@ -3507,7 +3507,7 @@ def edit_distance(hypothesis, truth, normalize=True, name="edit_distance"):
   For example:
 
   Given the following input,
-  * `hypothesis` is a `tf.SparseTensor` of shape `(2, 1, 1)`
+  * `hypothesis` is a `tf.SparseTensor` of shape `[2, 1, 1]`
   * `truth` is a `tf.SparseTensor` of shape `(2, 2, 2)`
 
   >>> hypothesis = tf.SparseTensor(