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 Python wiki at http://wiki.python.org/moin/HowTo/Sorting.)
 
 The ``any(iter)`` and ``all(iter)`` built-ins look at the truth values of an
-iterable's contents.  :func:`any` returns True if any element in the iterable is
-a true value, and :func:`all` returns True if all of the elements are true
+iterable's contents.  :func:`any` returns ``True`` if any element in the iterable is
+a true value, and :func:`all` returns ``True`` if all of the elements are true
 values:
 
     >>> any([0,1,0])