diff --git a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
index 3faf60fa75b..ab5668caf51 100644
--- a/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/subprocess.rst
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ This module defines one class called :class:`Popen`:
 Convenience Functions
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-This module also defines four shortcut functions:
+This module also defines the following shortcut functions:
 
 
 .. function:: call(*popenargs, timeout=None, **kwargs)