diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 9d38fb47d10d6e..a126651a85cc0d 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ Process-wide parameters
    .. index:: single: version (in module sys)
 
    The first word (up to the first space character) is the current Python version;
-   the first three characters are the major and minor version separated by a
+   the first characters are the major and minor version separated by a
    period.  The returned string points into static storage; the caller should not
    modify its value.  The value is available to Python code as :data:`sys.version`.