diff --git a/doc/utils/check-packages.py b/doc/utils/check-packages.py
index 99968f9a22..52d527fd95 100755
--- a/doc/utils/check-packages.py
+++ b/doc/utils/check-packages.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ usrpkg = []
 # folder, and is not called 'MAKE' is a package 
 
 for d in pkgdirs:
-  pkg = dirs.match(d)[1]
+  pkg = dirs.match(d).group(1)
   if not os.path.isdir(os.path.join(src,pkg)): continue
   if pkg in ['DEPEND','MAKE','STUBS']: continue
   if user.match(pkg):