diff --git a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
index 9f6a5e2517d..dbacedf0417 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/structures.rst
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ definition with the same method name.
    :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` returns ``None`` if the member is *NULL* and
    :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` raises an :exc:`AttributeError`.  Try to use
    :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX` over :cmacro:`T_OBJECT` because :cmacro:`T_OBJECT_EX`
-   handles use of the :stmt:`del` statement on that attribute more correctly
+   handles use of the :keyword:`del` statement on that attribute more correctly
    than :cmacro:`T_OBJECT`.
 
    :attr:`flags` can be 0 for write and read access or :cmacro:`READONLY` for