diff --git a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
index 91b901d726e..624bddcbb8b 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/memory.rst
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Customize Memory Allocators
 .. c:type:: PyMemAllocatorEx
 
    Structure used to describe a memory block allocator. The structure has
-   four fields:
+   the following fields:
 
    +----------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
    | Field                                                    | Meaning                               |