From: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend@python.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 13:37:18 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: gh-110383: Improve 'old string formatting' text in tutorial (#120219)
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gh-110383: Improve 'old string formatting' text in tutorial (#120219)
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
index 857068a51ab8..b93a0e8cec2d 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst
@@ -279,9 +279,11 @@ left with zeros.  It understands about plus and minus signs::
 Old string formatting
 ---------------------
 
-The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting. Given ``'string'
-% values``, instances of ``%`` in ``string`` are replaced with zero or more
-elements of ``values``. This operation is commonly known as string
+The % operator (modulo) can also be used for string formatting.
+Given ``format % values`` (where *format* is a string),
+``%`` conversion specifications in *format* are replaced with
+zero or more elements of *values*.
+This operation is commonly known as string
 interpolation. For example::
 
    >>> import math