diff --git a/Lib/fractions.py b/Lib/fractions.py
index 64a8959d7d4..66e6831a5c7 100644
--- a/Lib/fractions.py
+++ b/Lib/fractions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Originally contributed by Sjoerd Mullender.
 # Significantly modified by Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin at gmail.com>.
 
-"""Fraction, infinite-precision, real numbers."""
+"""Fraction, infinite-precision, rational numbers."""
 
 from decimal import Decimal
 import math