diff --git a/Doc/c-api/long.rst b/Doc/c-api/long.rst
index 33f6b3be583..f41d419bd37 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/long.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/long.rst
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ distinguished from a number.  Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.
    :c:type:`PyLongObject`.
 
    Raise :exc:`OverflowError` if the value of *obj* is out of range for a
-   :c:type:`long`.
+   :c:type:`long long`.
 
    Returns ``-1`` on error.  Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.