diff --git a/compiler.rst b/compiler.rst
--- a/compiler.rst
+++ b/compiler.rst
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 sequence of AST nodes stored in asdl_seq structs.
 
 
-Function and macros for creating and using ``asdl_seq *`` types as found
+The following are functions and macros for creating and using ``asdl_seq *`` types as found
 in Python/asdl.c and Include/asdl.h:
 
 ``asdl_seq_new()``