diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index d1b1b8c636e..c9fbfd098f2 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -4020,7 +4020,7 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
 
    .. method:: copy()
 
-      Return a new set with a shallow copy of *s*.
+      Return a shallow copy of the set.
 
 
    Note, the non-operator versions of :meth:`union`, :meth:`intersection`,