diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
index ec88b1e25cf..612e56f9bab 100644
--- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ support weak references but can add support through subclassing::
 
    obj = Dict(red=1, green=2, blue=3)   # this object is weak referenceable
 
-Other built-in types such as :class:`tuple` and :class:`long` do not support
-weak references even when subclassed (This is an implementation detail and may
-be different across various Python implementations.).
+Other built-in types such as :class:`tuple` and :class:`int` do not support weak
+references even when subclassed (This is an implementation detail and may be
+different across various Python implementations.).
 
 Extension types can easily be made to support weak references; see
 :ref:`weakref-support`.