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 by such objects may affect the wrong (sub-)interpreter's dictionary of loaded
 modules.
 
-Also note that combining this functionality with :c:func:`PyGILState_\*` APIs
-is delicate, become these APIs assume a bijection between Python thread states
-and OS-level threads, an assumption broken by the presence of sub-interpreters.
-It is highly recommended that you don't switch sub-interpreters between a pair
-of matching :c:func:`PyGILState_Ensure` and :c:func:`PyGILState_Release` calls.
-Furthermore, extensions (such as :mod:`ctypes`) using these APIs to allow calling
-of Python code from non-Python created threads will probably be broken when using
-sub-interpreters.
+Also note that combining this functionality with :c:func:`PyGILState_\*` APIs is
+delicate, because these APIs assume a bijection between Python thread states and
+OS-level threads, an assumption broken by the presence of sub-interpreters.  It
+is highly recommended that you don't switch sub-interpreters between a pair of
+matching :c:func:`PyGILState_Ensure` and :c:func:`PyGILState_Release` calls.
+Furthermore, extensions (such as :mod:`ctypes`) using these APIs to allow
+calling of Python code from non-Python created threads will probably be broken
+when using sub-interpreters.
 
 
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