less attitude
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
index 120c281..5dc28af 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/arg.rst
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@
``;``
The list of format units ends here; the string after the semicolon is used as
- the error message *instead* of the default error message. Clearly, ``:`` and
- ``;`` mutually exclude each other.
+ the error message *instead* of the default error message. ``:`` and ``;``
+ mutually exclude each other.
Note that any Python object references which are provided to the caller are
*borrowed* references; do not decrement their reference count!