diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
index ab1b7f5..7df0c2b 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
    As in Standard C, up to three octal digits are accepted.
 
 (2)
-   Unlike in Standard C, at most two hex digits are accepted.
+   Unlike in Standard C, exactly two hex digits are required.
 
 (3)
    In a bytes literal, hexadecimal and octal escapes denote the byte with the