diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
index ceb80a35a1a76b..21512b036086c8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The :mod:`!binascii` module defines the following functions:
 
 .. function:: a2b_uu(string)
 
-   Convert a single line of uuencoded data back to binary and return the binary
+   Convert a single line of unencoded data back to binary and return the binary
    data. Lines normally contain 45 (binary) bytes, except for the last line. Line
    data may be followed by whitespace.