diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -683,30 +683,32 @@ these rules.  The methods of :class:`Tem
 
    :class:`Template` instances also provide one public data attribute:
 
    .. attribute:: template
 
       This is the object passed to the constructor's *template* argument.  In
       general, you shouldn't change it, but read-only access is not enforced.
 
-Here is an example of how to use a Template:
+Here is an example of how to use a Template::
 
    >>> from string import Template
    >>> s = Template('$who likes $what')
    >>> s.substitute(who='tim', what='kung pao')
    'tim likes kung pao'
    >>> d = dict(who='tim')
-   >>> Template('Give $who $100').substitute(d)
+   >>> Template('Give $who $100').substitute(d)  # traceback shortened
    Traceback (most recent call last):
-   [...]
+     File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/string.py", line 95, in _invalid
+       (lineno, colno))
    ValueError: Invalid placeholder in string: line 1, col 11
-   >>> Template('$who likes $what').substitute(d)
+   >>> Template('$who likes $what').substitute(d)  # traceback shortened
    Traceback (most recent call last):
-   [...]
+     File "/usr/local/lib/python3.4/string.py", line 111, in convert
+       val = mapping[named]
    KeyError: 'what'
    >>> Template('$who likes $what').safe_substitute(d)
    'tim likes $what'
 
 Advanced usage: you can derive subclasses of :class:`Template` to customize the
 placeholder syntax, delimiter character, or the entire regular expression used
 to parse template strings.  To do this, you can override these class attributes: