diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index ba5d2cf8033959f76a75292102620143e0eb15cb..95f11e2398832ca68fe5a32d18cd1febd532a7ac 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    :func:`sys.breakpointhook` can be set to some other function and
    :func:`breakpoint` will automatically call that, allowing you to drop into
    the debugger of choice.
-   If :func:`sys.breakpointhook` is not available to be called, this function will
+   If :func:`sys.breakpointhook` is not accessible, this function will
    raise :exc:`RuntimeError`.
 
    .. audit-event:: builtins.breakpoint breakpointhook breakpoint