diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index d853d2afbe372f..e8e54d6c58df36 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ disallowed.
 fromfile_prefix_chars
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Sometimes, for example when dealing with a particularly long argument lists, it
+Sometimes, for example when dealing with a particularly long argument list, it
 may make sense to keep the list of arguments in a file rather than typing it out
 at the command line.  If the ``fromfile_prefix_chars=`` argument is given to the
 :class:`ArgumentParser` constructor, then arguments that start with any of the