#2668: nit in apply() docs.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index b26655e..4ec03c8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@
present, it must be a dictionary whose keys are strings. It specifies keyword
arguments to be added to the end of the argument list. Calling :func:`apply` is
different from just calling ``function(args)``, since in that case there is
- always exactly one argument. The use of :func:`apply` is exactly equivalent to
+ always exactly one argument. The use of :func:`apply` is equivalent to
``function(*args, **keywords)``.
.. deprecated:: 2.3