diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 97e7e08364e0bd..24f51c643f159b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ This table summarizes the comparison operations:
    pair: object; numeric
    pair: objects; comparing
 
-Objects of different types, except different numeric types, never compare equal.
+Unless stated otherwise, objects of different types never compare equal.
 The ``==`` operator is always defined but for some object types (for example,
 class objects) is equivalent to :keyword:`is`. The ``<``, ``<=``, ``>`` and ``>=``
 operators are only defined where they make sense; for example, they raise a