death to exec statement
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 555cb31..6e380dd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@
.. function:: compile(source, filename, mode, flags=0, dont_inherit=False)
Compile the *source* into a code or AST object. Code objects can be executed
- by an :keyword:`exec` statement or evaluated by a call to :func:`eval`.
- *source* can either be a string or an AST object. Refer to the :mod:`ast`
- module documentation for information on how to work with AST objects.
+ by:func:`exec` or :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a string or an AST
+ object. Refer to the :mod:`ast` module documentation for information on how
+ to work with AST objects.
The *filename* argument should give the file from which the code was read;
pass some recognizable value if it wasn't read from a file (``'<string>'`` is