diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index 6d975920fac..2ac09aefc19 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ displayed after the decimal point for a floating point value formatted with
 ``'f'`` and ``'F'``, or before and after the decimal point for a floating point
 value formatted with ``'g'`` or ``'G'``.  For non-number types the field
 indicates the maximum field size - in other words, how many characters will be
-used from the field content. The *precision* is ignored for integer values.
+used from the field content. The *precision* is not allowed for integer values.
 
 Finally, the *type* determines how the data should be presented.