A medical hand-held instrument includes two handle elements that can swivel relative to one another, and a spring element having two spring element ends. The spring element ends are each connected to one of the two handle elements such that, when swiveling at least one of the two handle elements out of an initial position, a swiveling back into the initial position can be achieved by the spring element At least one of the two spring element ends is connected to the corresponding handle element via form-fit which is generated by reshaping the spring element. A method for producing a medical hand-held instrument includes connecting two handle elements such that they can swivel relative to each other.