diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index 8f1382e008c1e04fbf7be9dc57b80ab322930ff3..06e886835dd5a4eefdde2e0824b61bf54a7d1d59 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ 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`.