diff -r 6a2f74811240 Doc/faq/programming.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Thu Oct 23 23:03:35 2014 +0200
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Thu Mar 05 16:29:19 2015 +0800
@@ -194,10 +194,8 @@
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 In Python, variables that are only referenced inside a function are implicitly
-global.  If a variable is assigned a new value anywhere within the function's
-body, it's assumed to be a local.  If a variable is ever assigned a new value
-inside the function, the variable is implicitly local, and you need to
-explicitly declare it as 'global'.
+global.  If a variable is ever assigned a new value inside the function, the
+variable is implicitly local, and you need to explicitly declare it as 'global'.
 
 Though a bit surprising at first, a moment's consideration explains this.  On
 one hand, requiring :keyword:`global` for assigned variables provides a bar