diff --git a/peps/pep-0756.rst b/peps/pep-0756.rst
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--- a/peps/pep-0756.rst
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@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ UCS-2 and UCS-4 use the native byte order.
 *requested_formats* can be a single format or a bitwise combination of the
 formats in the table above.
 On success, the returned format will be set to a single one of the requested
-flags.
+formats.
 
 Note that future versions of Python may introduce additional formats.