diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
index 35658aeba70505..c492451148341d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst
@@ -1755,8 +1755,9 @@ These prefabricated library loaders are available:
       :c:expr:`int`, which is of course not always the truth, so you have to assign
       the correct :attr:`!restype` attribute to use these functions.
 
-      Note that if the Python interpreter is statically linked, this will be
-      ``None``, as ``dlopen`` is not possible in this case.
+      .. note::
+
+         If the Python interpreter is statically linked, this may be ``None``.
 
 .. audit-event:: ctypes.dlopen name ctypes.LibraryLoader