diff --git a/Lib/pickletools.py b/Lib/pickletools.py
index 95a77aeb2afe2a..51ee4a7a2632ac 100644
--- a/Lib/pickletools.py
+++ b/Lib/pickletools.py
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ def __init__(self, name, code, arg,
       stack_before=[],
       stack_after=[pyint],
       proto=2,
-      doc="""Long integer using found-byte length.
+      doc="""Long integer using four-byte length.
 
       A more efficient encoding of a Python long; the long4 encoding
       says it all."""),