--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Mon Sep 06 00:12:04 2004 +0000
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex	Mon Sep 06 00:42:14 2004 +0000
@@ -755,16 +755,16 @@
 is no limit on the number of splits (all possible splits are made).
 Consecutive delimiters are not grouped together and are
 deemed to delimit empty strings (for example, \samp{'1,,2'.split(',')}
-returns \samp{['1', '', '2']}.  The \var{sep} argument may consist of
+returns \samp{['1', '', '2']}).  The \var{sep} argument may consist of
 multiple characters (for example, \samp{'1, 2, 3'.split(', ')} returns
-\samp{['1', '2', '3']}.  Splitting an empty string with a specified
+\samp{['1', '2', '3']}).  Splitting an empty string with a specified
 separator returns an empty list.
 
 If \var{sep} is not specified or is \code{None}, a different splitting
 algorithm is applied.  Words are separated by arbitrary length strings of
 whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines, returns, and formfeeds).
 Consecutive whitespace delimiters are treated as a single delimiter
-(\samp{'1   2  3'.split()} returns \samp{['1', '2', '3']}.  Splitting an
+(\samp{'1   2  3'.split()} returns \samp{['1', '2', '3']}).  Splitting an
 empty string returns \samp{['']}.
 \end{methoddesc}