diff --git a/Doc/license.rst b/Doc/license.rst
index d3733f53a11..bf2e4c522ce 100644
--- a/Doc/license.rst
+++ b/Doc/license.rst
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ SipHash24
 ---------
 
 The file :file:`Python/pyhash.c` contains Marek Majkowski' implementation of
-Dan Bernstein's SipHash24 algorithm. The contains the following note::
+Dan Bernstein's SipHash24 algorithm. It contains the following note::
 
   <MIT License>
   Copyright (c) 2013  Marek Majkowski <marek@popcount.org>