diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index a264bd728bf0f6..c1c3d28fd07737 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ function, see :ref:`tut-loopidioms`.
 :keyword:`break` and :keyword:`continue` Statements, and :keyword:`else` Clauses on Loops
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-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