diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
index 87277045b525bb..5eb83bb054dd7c 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def makeelement(self, tag, attrib):
         """
         return self.__class__(tag, attrib)
 
-    def copy(self):
+    def __copy__(self):
         """Return copy of current element.
 
         This creates a shallow copy. Subelements will be shared with the