diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
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--- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex
+++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex
@@ -4285,8 +4285,8 @@ finally the instance converted to a string using the built-in function
 
 \section{Iterators\label{iterators}}
 
-By now, you've probably noticed that most container objects can looped over
-using a \code{for} statement:
+By now, you've probably noticed that most container objects can be looped
+over using a \code{for} statement:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 for element in [1, 2, 3]: