diff --git a/Doc/library/random.rst b/Doc/library/random.rst
index 88d4836939e749..14744c12c03bca 100644
--- a/Doc/library/random.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/random.rst
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ be found in any statistics text.
    ``a <= b`` and ``b <= N <= a`` for ``b < a``.
 
    The end-point value ``b`` may or may not be included in the range
-   depending on floating-point rounding in the equation ``a + (b-a) * random()``.
+   depending on floating-point rounding in the expression
+   ``a + (b-a) * random()``.
 
 
 .. function:: triangular(low, high, mode)