diff --git a/Doc/library/code.rst b/Doc/library/code.rst
index e2c47bab5a0..6708079f778 100644
--- a/Doc/library/code.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/code.rst
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ Interactive Interpreter Objects
 
    Compile and run some source in the interpreter. Arguments are the same as for
    :func:`compile_command`; the default for *filename* is ``'<input>'``, and for
-   *symbol* is ``'single'``.  One several things can happen:
+   *symbol* is ``'single'``.  One of several things can happen:
 
    * The input is incorrect; :func:`compile_command` raised an exception
      (:exc:`SyntaxError` or :exc:`OverflowError`).  A syntax traceback will be
diff --git a/Lib/code.py b/Lib/code.py
index d8106ae612c..76000f8c8b2 100644
--- a/Lib/code.py
+++ b/Lib/code.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class InteractiveInterpreter:
 
         Arguments are as for compile_command().
 
-        One several things can happen:
+        One of several things can happen:
 
         1) The input is incorrect; compile_command() raised an
         exception (SyntaxError or OverflowError).  A syntax traceback