diff -r db1d20825d71 Doc/library/threading.rst
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst	Tue Dec 13 10:03:34 2016 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst	Tue Dec 13 08:32:48 2016 -0500
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@
 
       Wait until the thread terminates. This blocks the calling thread until
       the thread whose :meth:`~Thread.join` method is called terminates -- either
-      normally or through an unhandled exception --, or until the optional
-      timeout occurs.
+      normally or through an unhandled exception, or until the optional timeout
+      occurs.
 
       When the *timeout* argument is present and not ``None``, it should be a
       floating point number specifying a timeout for the operation in seconds