diff --git a/scripts/gen_api_vimdoc.py b/scripts/gen_api_vimdoc.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 69f70f6e2b..4c99686faf
--- a/scripts/gen_api_vimdoc.py
+++ b/scripts/gen_api_vimdoc.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """Parses Doxygen XML output to generate Neovim's API documentation.
 
 This would be easier using lxml and XSLT, but: