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@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ The reverse situation occurs when the arguments are already in a list or tuple
but need to be unpacked for a function call requiring separate positional
arguments. For instance, the built-in :func:`range` function expects separate
*start* and *stop* arguments. If they are not available separately, write the
-function call with the ``*``\ -operator to unpack the arguments out of a list
+function call with the ``*`` operator to unpack the arguments out of a list
or tuple::
>>> list(range(3, 6)) # normal call with separate arguments
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ or tuple::
single: **; in function calls
In the same fashion, dictionaries can deliver keyword arguments with the
-``**``\ -operator::
+``**`` operator::
>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'):
... print("-- This parrot wouldn't", action, end=' ')