diff --git a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
index 9208e369957..606ea0f2f46 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/setupscript.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Thus, when you say ``packages = ['foo']`` in your setup script, you are
 promising that the Distutils will find a file :file:`foo/__init__.py` (which
 might be spelled differently on your system, but you get the idea) relative to
 the directory where your setup script lives.  If you break this promise, the
-Distutils will issue a warning but still process the broken package anyways.
+Distutils will issue a warning but still process the broken package anyway.
 
 If you use a different convention to lay out your source directory, that's no
 problem: you just have to supply the :option:`package_dir` option to tell the