typos, layout and other small things

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdbm.tex b/Doc/lib/libdbm.tex
index 6e7256747d..7e004d28dd 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libdbm.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libdbm.tex
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ raised for general mapping errors like specifying an incorrect key.
 \begin{funcdesc}{open}{filename\, rwmode\, filemode}
 Open a dbm database and return a mapping object.  \var{filename} is
 the name of the database file (without the \file{.dir} or \file{.pag}
-extensions), \var{rwmode} is \code{'r'}, \code{'w'} or \code{'rw'} as for
-\code{open}, and \var{filemode} is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used only
-when the database has to be created.
+extensions), \var{rwmode} is \code{'r'}, \code{'w'} or \code{'rw'} to
+open the database fore reading, writing or both respectively,
+and \var{filemode} is the \UNIX{} mode of the file, used only
+when the database has to be created (but to be supplied at all times).
 \end{funcdesc}