diff --git a/Doc/using/windows.rst b/Doc/using/windows.rst
index d24450e2f963ff..ca79c9d3a9d3a8 100644
--- a/Doc/using/windows.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/windows.rst
@@ -1246,8 +1246,8 @@ shipped with PyWin32.  It is an embeddable IDE with a built-in debugger.
 cx_Freeze
 ---------
 
-`cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_ is a ``distutils``
-extension which wraps Python scripts into executable Windows programs
+`cx_Freeze <https://cx-freeze.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
+wraps Python scripts into executable Windows programs
 (:file:`{*}.exe` files).  When you have done this, you can distribute your
 application without requiring your users to install Python.