diff --git a/requests/api.py b/requests/api.py
index b2ce1a96..bc2115c1 100644
--- a/requests/api.py
+++ b/requests/api.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def get(url, params=None, **kwargs):
 
 
 def options(url, **kwargs):
-    r"""Sends a OPTIONS request.
+    r"""Sends an OPTIONS request.
 
     :param url: URL for the new :class:`Request` object.
     :param \*\*kwargs: Optional arguments that ``request`` takes.