--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Thu May 02 16:07:59 2002 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Thu May 02 17:54:01 2002 +0000
@@ -388,9 +388,9 @@
 
 Buffer objects are not directly supported by Python syntax, but can be
 created by calling the builtin function
-\function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer}.  They support
-concatenation and repetition, but the result is a new string object
-rather than a new buffer object.
+\function{buffer()}.\bifuncindex{buffer}  They support concatenation
+and repetition, but the result is a new string object rather than a
+new buffer object.
 \obindex{buffer}
 
 Xrange objects are similar to buffers in that there is no specific