diff --git a/debian/python-policy.sgml b/debian/python-policy.sgml
index 5eba038951b33c2f8a60d03a1662710ca8ed1802..b7a416274552d2eee9642fa1b2abac759970821d 100644
--- a/debian/python-policy.sgml
+++ b/debian/python-policy.sgml
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 	  Such a package should support the current Debian Python version,
 	  and more if possible (there are several tools to help implement
 	  this, see <ref id="packaging_tools">). For example, if Python 2.3,
-	  2.4, and 2.5 are supported, the Python command
+	  2.4, and 2.5 are supported, the Python statement
 	  <example>
 import foo
 	  </example>