diff --git a/docs/development/c-bindings.rst b/docs/development/c-bindings.rst
index 852896e..a8d71e5 100644
--- a/docs/development/c-bindings.rst
+++ b/docs/development/c-bindings.rst
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
     int (*QM_transmogrify)(QM_TRANSMOGRIFICATION_CTX *, int) = NULL;
 
 (To do that, copy the signature, put a ``*`` in front of the function
-name and wrap it in parens, and then put ``= NULL`` at the end).
+name and wrap it in parentheses, and then put ``= NULL`` at the end).
 
 Note how types don't need to be conditionally defined, as long as all
 the necessarily typedefs are in place.