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diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst index c545b97..fde1078 100644 --- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst +++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst @@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ The module defines the following public class: The constructor takes a statement to be timed, an additional statement used for setup, and a timer function. Both statements default to ``'pass'``; the timer - function is platform-dependent (see the module doc string). The statements may - contain newlines, as long as they don't contain multi-line string literals. + function is platform-dependent (see the module doc string). *stmt* and *setup* + may also contain multiple statements separated by ``;`` or newlines, as long as + they don’t contain multi-line string literals. To measure the execution time of the first statement, use the :meth:`timeit` method. The :meth:`repeat` method is a convenience to call :meth:`timeit` |