diff --git a/Doc/api/concrete.tex b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
index 60bba76e80f..3a918beb947 100644
--- a/Doc/api/concrete.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/concrete.tex
@@ -2264,8 +2264,8 @@ There are a few functions specific to Python functions.
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyFunction_New}{PyObject *code,
                                              PyObject *globals}
   Return a new function object associated with the code object
-  \var{code}. \var{globals} must be a dictionary with the the global
-  varaibles accessible to the function.
+  \var{code}. \var{globals} must be a dictionary with the global
+  variables accessible to the function.
 
   The function's docstring, name and \var{__module__} are retrieved
   from the code object, the argument defaults and closure are set to