diff --git a/src/PIL/ImageColor.py b/src/PIL/ImageColor.py
index 958635bf9..476cd2f82 100644
--- a/src/PIL/ImageColor.py
+++ b/src/PIL/ImageColor.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def getcolor(color, mode):
 
     :param color: A color string
     :param mode: Convert result to this mode
-    :return: ``(graylevel [, alpha]) or (red, green, blue[, alpha])``
+    :return: ``(graylevel[, alpha]) or (red, green, blue[, alpha])``
     """
     # same as getrgb, but converts the result to the given mode
     color, alpha = getrgb(color), 255