diff --git a/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst b/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
index f836243e7ad..8739ea3dcd2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/mimetypes.rst
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ behavior of the module.
    extension is already known, the new type will replace the old one. When the type
    is already known the extension will be added to the list of known extensions.
 
-   When *strict* is ``True`` (the default), the mapping will added to the official MIME
-   types, otherwise to the non-standard ones.
+   When *strict* is ``True`` (the default), the mapping will be added to the
+   official MIME types, otherwise to the non-standard ones.
 
 
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