diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-26-10-24-34.bpo-40775.OEma-S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-26-10-24-34.bpo-40775.OEma-S.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..302717a3c06199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-26-10-24-34.bpo-40775.OEma-S.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix missing punctuation mark in :mod:`sqlite3` Node type name.
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cache.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cache.c
index 758fc022f78108..4695c2ab2b7c24 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cache.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cache.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static PyMethodDef cache_methods[] = {
 
 PyTypeObject pysqlite_NodeType = {
         PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
-        MODULE_NAME "Node",                             /* tp_name */
+        MODULE_NAME ".Node",                             /* tp_name */
         sizeof(pysqlite_Node),                          /* tp_basicsize */
         0,                                              /* tp_itemsize */
         (destructor)pysqlite_node_dealloc,              /* tp_dealloc */