diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index fbe4e924f0c5b9c..6af72822fcd72b7 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Later we will see more functions that return iterables and take iterables as arg
 :keyword:`break` and :keyword:`continue` Statements, and :keyword:`else` Clauses on Loops
 =========================================================================================
 
-The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the smallest enclosing
+The :keyword:`break` statement, like in C, breaks out of the innermost enclosing
 :keyword:`for` or :keyword:`while` loop.
 
 Loop statements may have an ``else`` clause; it is executed when the loop