diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index a5227904460017..a44442a5015550 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ 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`.