diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index 65e3b1938bca9c..bec5da8fd759ac 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ an odd number of ``\`` characters; see
 and workarounds.
 
 String literals can span multiple lines.  One way is using triple-quotes:
-``"""..."""`` or ``'''...'''``.  End of lines are automatically
+``"""..."""`` or ``'''...'''``.  End-of-line characters are automatically
 included in the string, but it's possible to prevent this by adding a ``\`` at
 the end of the line.  In the following example, the initial newline is not
 included::