diff -r 052fda48962b Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Sat Sep 25 15:30:03 2010 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Sat Sep 25 18:49:25 2010 +0200
@@ -2156,10 +2156,10 @@
       Update the dictionary with the key/value pairs from *other*, overwriting
       existing keys.  Return ``None``.
 
-      :meth:`update` accepts either another dictionary object or an iterable of
-      key/value pairs (as a tuple or other iterable of length two).  If keyword
-      arguments are specified, the dictionary is then updated with those
-      key/value pairs: ``d.update(red=1, blue=2)``.
+      :meth:`update` accepts either another dictionary object or key/value pairs
+      (such as tuples or other iterables of length two).  If keyword arguments
+      are specified, the dictionary is then updated with those key/value pairs:
+      ``d.update(red=1, blue=2)``.
 
    .. method:: values()