diff --git a/Doc/api/init.tex b/Doc/api/init.tex
index 712ca54..ba16b3c 100644
--- a/Doc/api/init.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/init.tex
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
   environment variables.  The returned string consists of a series of
   directory names separated by a platform dependent delimiter
   character.  The delimiter character is \character{:} on \UNIX,
-  \character{;} on DOS/Windows, and \character{\e n} (the \ASCII{}
+  \character{;} on Windows, and \character{\e n} (the \ASCII{}
   newline character) on Macintosh.  The returned string points into
   static storage; the caller should not modify its value.  The value
   is available to Python code as the list