diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index c0aa238..396c91a 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   whether this is a full pathname or not).  If the command was
   executed using the \programopt{-c} command line option to the
   interpreter, \code{argv[0]} is set to the string \code{'-c'}.  If no
-  script name was passed to the Python interpreter, \code{argv} has
-  zero length.
+  script name was passed to the Python interpreter, \code{argv[0]} is
+  the empty string.
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