diff --git a/docs/topics/items.rst b/docs/topics/items.rst
index fbc888f47..d70e7428b 100644
--- a/docs/topics/items.rst
+++ b/docs/topics/items.rst
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ Item objects
 
     Return a new Item optionally initialized from the given argument.
 
-    Items replicate the standard `dict API`_, including its constructor. The
-    only additional attribute provided by Items is:
+    Items replicate the standard `dict API`_, including its constructor, and
+    also provide the following additional API members:
 
     .. automethod:: copy