diff --git a/Doc/library/calendar.rst b/Doc/library/calendar.rst
index 56b75ef0f85..c3c04db853e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/calendar.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/calendar.rst
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ For simple text calendars this module provides the following functions.
 .. function:: monthcalendar(year, month)
 
    Returns a matrix representing a month's calendar.  Each row represents a week;
-   days outside of the month a represented by zeros. Each week begins with Monday
+   days outside of the month are represented by zeros. Each week begins with Monday
    unless set by :func:`setfirstweekday`.