diff --git a/Doc/library/importlib.rst b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
index 008df09..f52289c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/importlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/importlib.rst
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
         in :data:`sys.modules`).
 
     The :func:`.__import__` function
-        The built-in function for which the :keyword:`import` statement is
-        syntactic sugar for.
+        The :keyword:`import` statement is syntactic sugar for this function.
 
     :pep:`235`
         Import on Case-Insensitive Platforms