diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index fa731fec3a85a61ecc1e18311766fba2029a9d99..8989d1cef1bd51c05860cbc34ebfbadd91f4fb93 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ disallowed.
 fromfile_prefix_chars
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Sometimes, for example when dealing with a particularly long argument lists, it
+Sometimes, for example when dealing with a particularly long argument list, it
 may make sense to keep the list of arguments in a file rather than typing it out
 at the command line.  If the ``fromfile_prefix_chars=`` argument is given to the
 :class:`ArgumentParser` constructor, then arguments that start with any of the