diff -r b898402e75ef Doc/library/stdtypes.rst --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst Mon May 19 07:34:08 2014 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst Mon May 19 10:09:47 2014 +0200 @@ -3031,8 +3031,8 @@ If no positional argument is given, an empty dictionary is created. If a positional argument is given and it is a mapping object, a dictionary is created with the same key-value pairs as the mapping object. Otherwise, - the positional argument must be an :term:`iterator` object. Each item in - the iterable must itself be an iterator with exactly two objects. The + the positional argument must be an :term:`iterable` object. Each item in + the iterable must itself be an iterable with exactly two objects. The first object of each item becomes a key in the new dictionary, and the second object the corresponding value. If a key occurs more than once, the last value for that key becomes the corresponding value in the new