# HG changeset patch
# Parent  e414fb1640e05ae6f764f2b95bae8380d46c038d
Issue #28916: No special case for leading zeros with %x alternative form

diff -r e414fb1640e0 Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Wed Dec 07 23:34:23 2016 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Sat Dec 10 05:48:59 2016 +0000
@@ -1551,9 +1551,7 @@
 
 (2)
    The alternate form causes a leading ``'0x'`` or ``'0X'`` (depending on whether
-   the ``'x'`` or ``'X'`` format was used) to be inserted between left-hand padding
-   and the formatting of the number if the leading character of the result is not
-   already a zero.
+   the ``'x'`` or ``'X'`` format was used) to be inserted before the first digit.
 
 (3)
    The alternate form causes the result to always contain a decimal point, even if