diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 80bd1275973f8d..2a08c3d08fd521 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1734,7 +1734,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    :noindex:
 
    Rather than being a function, :class:`range` is actually an immutable
-   sequence type, as documented in :ref:`typesseq-range` and :ref:`typesseq`.
+   :term:`sequence` type, as documented in :ref:`typesseq-range` and :ref:`typesseq`.
 
 
 .. function:: repr(object)