#5338, #5339: two types in the API manual.
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
index 9befaf7..e8a3fc4 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/intro.rst
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 the caller is said to *borrow* the reference. Nothing needs to be done for a
 borrowed reference.
 
-Conversely, when a calling function passes it a reference to an  object, there
+Conversely, when a calling function passes in a reference to an  object, there
 are two possibilities: the function *steals* a  reference to the object, or it
 does not.  *Stealing a reference* means that when you pass a reference to a
 function, that function assumes that it now owns that reference, and you are not