diff --git a/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst b/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
index 32a414b..7f7435f 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/allocation.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
    Create a new module object based on a name and table of functions,
    returning the new module object.  If *doc* is non-*NULL*, it will be used
    to define the docstring for the module.  If *self* is non-*NULL*, it will
-   passed to the functions of the module as their (otherwise *NULL*) first
+   be passed to the functions of the module as their (otherwise *NULL*) first
    parameter.  (This was added as an experimental feature, and there are no
    known uses in the current version of Python.)  For *apiver*, the only value
    which should be passed is defined by the constant