diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index e00b75fa9be191..f3b8e2abe5e5db 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ For example::
        according to when an element is first encountered in the left operand
        and then by the order encountered in the right operand.
 
-    Counter objects support three methods beyond those available for all
+    Counter objects support additional methods beyond those available for all
     dictionaries:
 
     .. method:: elements()