diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index 7ac4d8587ce7d5..4e49a49c08167a 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ have ambiguous semantics.
 
 It is not possible to mix :keyword:`except` and :keyword:`!except*`
 in the same :keyword:`try`.
-:keyword:`break`, :keyword:`continue` and :keyword:`return`
+The :keyword:`break`, :keyword:`continue`, and :keyword:`return` statements
 cannot appear in an :keyword:`!except*` clause.