diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
index 08a82cc4b5f6d5..1aacd98c11550c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The :mod:`!binascii` module defines the following functions:
 
    If *ignorechars* is specified, it should be a :term:`bytes-like object`
    containing characters to ignore from the input when *strict_mode* is true.
-   If *ignorechars* contains the pad character ``'='``,  the pad characters
+   If *ignorechars* contains the pad character ``'='``, the pad characters
    presented before the end of the encoded data and the excess pad characters
    will be ignored.
    The default value of *strict_mode* is ``True`` if *ignorechars* is specified,