diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index 28c17566009..920e4d19b82 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ tuple may or may not yield the same object).
    single: , (comma)
 
 Note that tuples are not formed by the parentheses, but rather by use of the
-comma operator.  The exception is the empty tuple, for which parentheses *are*
+comma.  The exception is the empty tuple, for which parentheses *are*
 required --- allowing unparenthesized "nothing" in expressions would cause
 ambiguities and allow common typos to pass uncaught.