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diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index 276a0da50c..e295552f05 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -386,9 +386,10 @@ first converted to a string using the rules for string conversions. The object is (converted and) written, unless the output system believes it is positioned at the beginning of a line. This is the case (1) when no characters have yet been written to standard output, (2) when the last character written to -standard output is ``'\n'``, or (3) when the last write operation on standard -output was not a :keyword:`print` statement. (In some cases it may be -functional to write an empty string to standard output for this reason.) +standard output is a whitespace character except ``' '``, or (3) when the last +write operation on standard output was not a :keyword:`print` statement. +(In some cases it may be functional to write an empty string to standard output +for this reason.) .. note:: |