Abstract: A retractable gearshift lever including a base, a free end articulated about an axle between a deployed position and a retracted position, and a device allowing the free end to be locked in its deployed position. The locking device includes a sleeve which can slide with respect to a first part of the lever—the base or the free end—and which can engage, through complementary shapes, with the end of the second part—the free end or the base—while at the same time remaining in engagement with the first part. An elastic ring, which can move axially with a certain amount of play, is fitted between the sleeve and the first part.