diff --git a/pandas/util/_print_versions.py b/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
index 3016bf04b5258..a5c86c2cc80b3 100644
--- a/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
+++ b/pandas/util/_print_versions.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def show_versions(as_json=False):
         ("xlrd", lambda mod: mod.__VERSION__),
         ("xlwt", lambda mod: mod.__VERSION__),
         ("xlsxwriter", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
-        ("lxml", lambda mod: mod.etree.__version__),
+        ("lxml.etree", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
         ("bs4", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
         ("html5lib", lambda mod: mod.__version__),
         ("sqlalchemy", lambda mod: mod.__version__),