Issue #16197: Fix several small errors in winreg documentation.

Initial patch by Zachary Ware.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/winreg.rst b/Doc/library/winreg.rst
index c05ee2c..60f3bd9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/winreg.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/winreg.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ integer as the registry handle, a :ref:`handle object <handle-object>` is used
 to ensure that the handles are closed correctly, even if the programmer neglects
 to explicitly close them.
 
+.. _exception-changed:
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.3
+   Several functions in this module used to raise a
+   :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+
+.. _functions:
+
+Functions
+------------------
+
 This module offers the following functions:
 
 
@@ -37,12 +48,11 @@ This module offers the following functions:
 
    *key* is the predefined handle to connect to.
 
-   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, a
+   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, an
    :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: CreateKey(key, sub_key)
@@ -60,12 +70,11 @@ This module offers the following functions:
 
    If the key already exists, this function opens the existing key.
 
-   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, a
+   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, an
    :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: CreateKeyEx(key, sub_key, reserved=0, access=KEY_WRITE)
@@ -89,14 +98,13 @@ This module offers the following functions:
 
    If the key already exists, this function opens the existing key.
 
-   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, a
+   The return value is the handle of the opened key. If the function fails, an
    :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: DeleteKey(key, sub_key)
@@ -112,11 +120,10 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *This method can not delete keys with subkeys.*
 
    If the method succeeds, the entire key, including all of its values, is removed.
-   If the method fails, a :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
+   If the method fails, an :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: DeleteKeyEx(key, sub_key, access=KEY_WOW64_64KEY, reserved=0)
@@ -145,15 +152,14 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *This method can not delete keys with subkeys.*
 
    If the method succeeds, the entire key, including all of its values, is
-   removed. If the method fails, a :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
+   removed. If the method fails, an :exc:`OSError` exception is raised.
 
    On unsupported Windows versions, :exc:`NotImplementedError` is raised.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: DeleteValue(key, value)
@@ -176,12 +182,11 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *index* is an integer that identifies the index of the key to retrieve.
 
    The function retrieves the name of one subkey each time it is called.  It is
-   typically called repeatedly until a :exc:`OSError` exception is
+   typically called repeatedly until an :exc:`OSError` exception is
    raised, indicating, no more values are available.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: EnumValue(key, index)
@@ -194,7 +199,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    *index* is an integer that identifies the index of the value to retrieve.
 
    The function retrieves the name of one subkey each time it is called. It is
-   typically called repeatedly, until a :exc:`OSError` exception is
+   typically called repeatedly, until an :exc:`OSError` exception is
    raised, indicating no more values.
 
    The result is a tuple of 3 items:
@@ -214,8 +219,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
    +-------+--------------------------------------------+
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: ExpandEnvironmentStrings(str)
@@ -295,8 +299,7 @@ This module offers the following functions:
       Allow the use of named arguments.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
-      This function used to raise a :exc:`WindowsError`, which is now an
-      alias of :exc:`OSError`.
+      See :ref:`above <exception-changed>`.
 
 
 .. function:: QueryInfoKey(key)