Remove extra words
diff --git a/Doc/library/email.message.rst b/Doc/library/email.message.rst
index 555e304..f2a78e1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.message.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.message.rst
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
.. method:: get_payload([i[, decode]])
- Return a reference the current payload, which will be a list of
+ Return the current payload, which will be a list of
:class:`Message` objects when :meth:`is_multipart` is ``True``, or a
string when :meth:`is_multipart` is ``False``. If the payload is a list
and you mutate the list object, you modify the message's payload in place.