diff --git a/Doc/c-api/long.rst b/Doc/c-api/long.rst
index 8370dcecad3344..fcb20f7c93cbcc 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/long.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/long.rst
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ distinguished from a number.  Use :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred` to disambiguate.
    .. impl-detail::
 
       CPython keeps an array of integer objects for all integers
-      between ``-5`` and ``256``.  When you create an int in that range
+      between ``-5`` and ``1024``.  When you create an int in that range
       you actually just get back a reference to the existing object.