diff --git a/kwant/plotter.py b/kwant/plotter.py
index b40054cf291c8db84d694180968755323dcc833a..82043727aeec3868e2b91bc4b064650cb9dec4fa 100644
--- a/kwant/plotter.py
+++ b/kwant/plotter.py
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@ def current(syst, current, relwidth=0.05, **kwargs):
         Relative width of the bumps used to generate the field, as a fraction
         of the length of the longest side of the bounding box.
     **kwargs : various
-        Keyword args to be passed verbatim to `~kwant.plotter.streamplot`.
+        Keyword args to be passed verbatim to `kwant.plotter.streamplot`.
 
     Returns
     -------