diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index b26655e6e41..4ec03c84771 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ bypass these functions without concerns about missing something important.
    present, it must be a dictionary whose keys are strings.  It specifies keyword
    arguments to be added to the end of the argument list. Calling :func:`apply` is
    different from just calling ``function(args)``, since in that case there is
-   always exactly one argument.  The use of :func:`apply` is exactly equivalent to
+   always exactly one argument.  The use of :func:`apply` is equivalent to
    ``function(*args, **keywords)``.
 
    .. deprecated:: 2.3