diff -r 095fbf03cad7 Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst	Wed Apr 02 15:51:38 2014 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst	Thu Apr 03 11:53:53 2014 +0200
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@
 
    If one positional argument is provided, it should be an :term:`iterable`.
    The largest item in the iterable is returned.  If two or more positional
-   arguments are provided, the smallest of the positional arguments is
+   arguments are provided, the largest of the positional arguments is
    returned.
 
    There are two optional keyword-only arguments. The *key* argument specifies