diff --git a/Doc/library/email.encoders.rst b/Doc/library/email.encoders.rst
index 3c32c3b..81d3096 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.encoders.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.encoders.rst
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 should also set the :mailheader:`Content-Transfer-Encoding` header as appropriate.
 
 Note that these functions are not meaningful for a multipart message.  They
-must be applied to individual subparts instead, and will throw a
+must be applied to individual subparts instead, and will raise a
 :exc:`TypeError` if passed a message whose type is multipart.
 
 Here are the encoding functions provided: