--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst	Wed Jul 29 17:07:21 2009 +0000
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst	Wed Jul 29 17:15:20 2009 +0000
@@ -127,16 +127,17 @@
    We are the knights who say "Ni!"
 
 The brackets and characters within them (called format fields) are replaced with
-the objects passed into the format method.  The number in the brackets refers to
-the position of the object passed into the format method. ::
+the objects passed into the :meth:`~str.format` method.  The number in the
+brackets refers to the position of the object passed into the
+:meth:`~str.format` method. ::
 
    >>> print '{0} and {1}'.format('spam', 'eggs')
    spam and eggs
    >>> print '{1} and {0}'.format('spam', 'eggs')
    eggs and spam
 
-If keyword arguments are used in the format method, their values are referred to
-by using the name of the argument. ::
+If keyword arguments are used in the :meth:`~str.format` method, their values
+are referred to by using the name of the argument. ::
 
    >>> print 'This {food} is {adjective}.'.format(
    ...       food='spam', adjective='absolutely horrible')
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@
    The value of PI is approximately 3.142.
 
 Passing an integer after the ``':'`` will cause that field to be a minimum
-number of characters wide.  This is useful for making tables pretty.::
+number of characters wide.  This is useful for making tables pretty. ::
 
    >>> table = {'Sjoerd': 4127, 'Jack': 4098, 'Dcab': 7678}
    >>> for name, phone in table.items():
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@
    Jack: 4098; Sjoerd: 4127; Dcab: 8637678
 
 This could also be done by passing the table as keyword arguments with the '**'
-notation.::
+notation. ::
 
    >>> table = {'Sjoerd': 4127, 'Jack': 4098, 'Dcab': 8637678}
    >>> print 'Jack: {Jack:d}; Sjoerd: {Sjoerd:d}; Dcab: {Dcab:d}'.format(**table)
@@ -356,9 +357,9 @@
     >>> f.closed
     True
 
-File objects have some additional methods, such as :meth:`isatty` and
-:meth:`truncate` which are less frequently used; consult the Library Reference
-for a complete guide to file objects.
+File objects have some additional methods, such as :meth:`~file.isatty` and
+:meth:`~file.truncate` which are less frequently used; consult the Library
+Reference for a complete guide to file objects.
 
 
 .. _tut-pickle: