Resolve issue 4449: AssertionError in mp_benchmarks.py

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index 72ac38e..fe54f9b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Shared :mod:`ctypes` Objects
 It is possible to create shared objects using shared memory which can be
 inherited by child processes.
 
-.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type[, *args, lock]])
+.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args[, lock])
 
    Return a :mod:`ctypes` object allocated from shared memory.  By default the
    return value is actually a synchronized wrapper for the object.
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ processes.
 
    *typecode_or_type* determines the type of the returned object: it is either a
    ctypes type or a one character typecode of the kind used by the :mod:`array`
-   module.  */*args* is passed on to the constructor for the type.
+   module.  *\*args* is passed on to the constructor for the type.
 
    Note that setting and getting the value is potentially non-atomic -- use
    :func:`Value` instead to make sure that access is automatically synchronized
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ processes.
    attributes which allow one to use it to store and retrieve strings -- see
    documentation for :mod:`ctypes`.
 
-.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer[, *args[, lock]])
+.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer, *args[, lock])
 
    The same as :func:`RawArray` except that depending on the value of *lock* a
    process-safe synchronization wrapper may be returned instead of a raw ctypes