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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index c90b0a5..58905e0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ Note that while lists allow their items to be of any type, bytearray object
| ``s.reverse()`` | reverses the items of *s* in | \(6) |
| | place | |
+------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+
-| ``s.sort([key[, reverse]])`` | sort the items of *s* in place | (6), (7) |
+| ``s.sort([key[, reverse]])`` | sort the items of *s* in place | (6), (7), (8) |
+------------------------------+--------------------------------+---------------------+
.. index::
@@ -1315,10 +1315,8 @@ Notes:
sequence.
(7)
- :meth:`sort` is not supported by :class:`bytearray` objects.
-
The :meth:`sort` method takes optional arguments for controlling the
- comparisons.
+ comparisons. Each must be specified as a keyword argument.
*key* specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract a comparison
key from each list element: ``key=str.lower``. The default value is ``None``.
@@ -1336,6 +1334,8 @@ Notes:
makes the list appear empty for the duration, and raises :exc:`ValueError` if it
can detect that the list has been mutated during a sort.
+(8)
+ :meth:`sort` is not supported by :class:`bytearray` objects.
.. _bytes-methods: