diff --git a/Doc/library/symtable.rst b/Doc/library/symtable.rst
index c04e22e5d24..2503d335e8c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/symtable.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/symtable.rst
@@ -189,4 +189,4 @@ Examining Symbol Tables
    .. method:: get_namespace()
 
       Return the namespace bound to this name.  If more than one namespace is
-      bound, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
+      bound, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.