diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 61600c4bf68..5a819175cf1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
    If *parents* is false (the default), a missing parent raises
    :exc:`FileNotFoundError`.
 
-   If *exist_ok* is false (the default), an :exc:`FileExistsError` is
+   If *exist_ok* is false (the default), :exc:`FileExistsError` is
    raised if the target directory already exists.
 
    If *exist_ok* is true, :exc:`FileExistsError` exceptions will be