diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index b905d3ac582..69cc25bbdf4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ implementation as the built-in :meth:`format` method.
 
       Loop over the format_string and return an iterable of tuples
       (*literal_text*, *field_name*, *format_spec*, *conversion*).  This is used
-      by :meth:`vformat` to break the string in to either literal text, or
+      by :meth:`vformat` to break the string into either literal text, or
       replacement fields.
 
       The values in the tuple conceptually represent a span of literal text