diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 33f37bdf1fc1cd..6a56bb444f01b7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ their subgroups based on the types of the contained exceptions.
 
    .. method:: derive(excs)
 
-      Returns an exception group with the same :attr:`message`, but which
+      Returns an exception group with the same :attr:`message` which
       wraps the exceptions in ``excs``.
 
       This method is used by :meth:`subgroup` and :meth:`split`, which