diff --git a/doc/modules/pipeline.rst b/doc/modules/pipeline.rst
index 24cef941a027d..0667d259c4b24 100644
--- a/doc/modules/pipeline.rst
+++ b/doc/modules/pipeline.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Pipeline: chaining estimators
 :class:`Pipeline` can be used to chain multiple estimators
 into one. This is useful as there is often a fixed sequence
 of steps in processing the data, for example feature selection, normalization
-and classification. :class:`Pipeline` serves two purposes here:
+and classification. :class:`Pipeline` serves multiple purposes here:
 
 Convenience and encapsulation
     You only have to call ``fit`` and ``predict`` once on your