diff --git a/Doc/library/symtable.rst b/Doc/library/symtable.rst
index a05b9e4..ba2caff 100644
--- a/Doc/library/symtable.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/symtable.rst
@@ -185,4 +185,4 @@
    .. method:: get_namespace()
 
       Return the namespace bound to this name.  If more than one namespace is
-      bound, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised.
+      bound, :exc:`ValueError` is raised.