diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 7953297588b..e03b49f9f4f 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ builtin_exec(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 PyDoc_STRVAR(exec_doc,
 "exec(object[, globals[, locals]])\n\
 \n\
-Read and execute code from a object, which can be a string or a code\n\
+Read and execute code from an object, which can be a string or a code\n\
 object.\n\
 The globals and locals are dictionaries, defaulting to the current\n\
 globals and locals.  If only globals is given, locals defaults to it.");