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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ string functions based on regular expressions.
specified, then there is no limit on the number of splits (all possible
splits are made).
- If *sep is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
+ If *sep* is given, consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, ``'1,,2'.split(',')`` returns
``['1', '', '2']``). The *sep* argument may consist of multiple characters
(for example, ``'1<>2<>3'.split('<>')`` returns ``['1', '2', '3']``).