diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 3d23d2078267..e5fdf663a863 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1673,8 +1673,8 @@ altered after it is created; it can therefore be used as a dictionary key or as
 an element of another set.
 
 Non-empty sets (not frozensets) can be created by placing a comma-separated list
-of elements pairs within braces, for example: ``{'jack', 'sjoerd'}``, in
-addition to the :class:`set` constructor.
+of elements within braces, for example: ``{'jack', 'sjoerd'}``, in addition to the
+:class:`set` constructor.
 
 The constructors for both classes work the same: