Align functools.reduce() docstring with PEP-257 (#126045)

Yak-shave in preparation for Argument Clinic adaption in gh-125999.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
index 9d53d36..27abd62 100644
--- a/Lib/functools.py
+++ b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -238,12 +238,14 @@ def reduce(function, sequence, initial=_initial_missing):
     """
     reduce(function, iterable[, initial], /) -> value
 
-    Apply a function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of a sequence
-    or iterable, from left to right, so as to reduce the iterable to a single
-    value.  For example, reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) calculates
-    ((((1+2)+3)+4)+5).  If initial is present, it is placed before the items
-    of the iterable in the calculation, and serves as a default when the
-    iterable is empty.
+    Apply a function of two arguments cumulatively to the items of an iterable, from left to right.
+
+    This effectively reduces the iterable to a single value.  If initial is present,
+    it is placed before the items of the iterable in the calculation, and serves as
+    a default when the iterable is empty.
+
+    For example, reduce(lambda x, y: x+y, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+    calculates ((((1 + 2) + 3) + 4) + 5).
     """
 
     it = iter(sequence)