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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 2232b66..ec4f9b8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -1414,9 +1414,8 @@ formats in the string *must* include a parenthesised mapping key into that
dictionary inserted immediately after the ``'%'`` character. The mapping key
selects the value to be formatted from the mapping. For example:
-
- >>> print('%(language)s has %(#)03d quote types.' % \
- ... {'language': "Python", "#": 2})
+ >>> print('%(language)s has %(number)03d quote types.' %
+ ... {'language': "Python", "number": 2})
Python has 002 quote types.
In this case no ``*`` specifiers may occur in a format (since they require a