diff --git a/Doc/library/curses.rst b/Doc/library/curses.rst
index d2f2443d0a5..ecdac9a762f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/curses.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/curses.rst
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ the following methods:
 
    .. note::
 
-      A *character* means a C character (an ASCII code), rather then a Python
+      A *character* means a C character (an ASCII code), rather than a Python
       character (a string of length 1). (This note is true whenever the
       documentation mentions a character.) The built-in :func:`ord` is handy for
       conveying strings to codes.