diff --git a/Doc/library/copy.rst b/Doc/library/copy.rst
index 95b41f988a035b..ae941fa0596929 100644
--- a/Doc/library/copy.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/copy.rst
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ file, socket, window, or any similar types.  It does "copy" functions and
 classes (shallow and deeply), by returning the original object unchanged; this
 is compatible with the way these are treated by the :mod:`pickle` module.
 
-Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using :meth:`dict.copy`, and
-of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example,
+Shallow copies of dictionaries and lists can be made using :meth:`dict.copy`. And
+of lists can also be made by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example,
 ``copied_list = original_list[:]``.
 
 .. index:: pair: module; pickle