diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index 835cc363d10ad4..aee79b93160249 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ def __repr__(self):
     _dict, _zip = dict, zip
 
     def _asdict(self):
-        'Return a new OrderedDict which maps field names to their values.'
+        'Return a new dict which maps field names to their values.'
         return _dict(_zip(self._fields, self))
 
     def __getnewargs__(self):