diff --git a/Doc/library/contextvars.rst b/Doc/library/contextvars.rst
index abd0d5fa0fd..9c7ea2bdb7b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/contextvars.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/contextvars.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
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-This module provides APIs to manage, store, and access non-local
+This module provides APIs to manage, store, and access context-local
 state.  The :class:`~contextvars.ContextVar` class is used to declare
 and work with *Context Variables*.  The :func:`~contextvars.copy_context`
 function and the :class:`~contextvars.Context` class should be used to