occur anywhere within a code block. The local variables of a code block can be
determined by scanning the entire text of the block for name binding operations.
-If the :keyword:`global` statement occurs within a block, all uses of the name
-specified in the statement refer to the binding of that name in the top-level
+If the :keyword:`global` statement occurs within a block, all uses of the names
+specified in the statement refer to the bindings of those names in the top-level
namespace. Names are resolved in the top-level namespace by searching the
global namespace, i.e. the namespace of the module containing the code block,
and the builtins namespace, the namespace of the module :mod:`builtins`. The
-global namespace is searched first. If the name is not found there, the
+global namespace is searched first. If the names are not found there, the
builtins namespace is searched. The :keyword:`!global` statement must precede
-all uses of the name.
+all uses of the listed names.
The :keyword:`global` statement has the same scope as a name binding operation
in the same block. If the nearest enclosing scope for a free variable contains