diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
index 9f7b13c1472..b79b7e49b67 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ Configuration                    Name                  PyMem_RawMalloc     PyMem
 Release build                    ``"pymalloc"``        ``malloc``          ``pymalloc``           ``pymalloc``
 Debug build                      ``"pymalloc_debug"``  ``malloc`` + debug  ``pymalloc`` + debug   ``pymalloc`` + debug
 Release build, without pymalloc  ``"malloc"``          ``malloc``          ``malloc``             ``malloc``
-Release build, without pymalloc  ``"malloc_debug"``    ``malloc`` + debug  ``malloc`` + debug     ``malloc`` + debug
+Debug build, without pymalloc    ``"malloc_debug"``    ``malloc`` + debug  ``malloc`` + debug     ``malloc`` + debug
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