Be more specific about where in RFC 1421 to look, since it's not at all
obvious when taking a quick look.
Say "base64" instead of "base-64", since that seems to be how it's referred
to in other RFCs.
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex b/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex
index f196451..99fb09b 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libbase64.tex
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-\section{Standard Module \sectcode{base64}}
+\section{Standard Module \module{base64}}
\label{module-base64}
\stmodindex{base64}
-\indexii{base-64}{encoding}
-\index{MIME!base 64 encoding}
+\indexii{base64}{encoding}
+\index{MIME!base64 encoding}
-This module perform base-64 encoding and decoding of arbitrary binary
+This module perform base64 encoding and decoding of arbitrary binary
strings into text strings that can be safely emailed or posted. The
-encoding scheme is defined in \rfc{1421} and is used for MIME email and
+encoding scheme is defined in \rfc{1421} (``Privacy Enhancement for
+Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and
+Authentication Procedures'', section 4.3.2.4, ``Step 4: Printable
+Encoding'') and is used for MIME email and
various other Internet-related applications; it is not the same as the
-output produced by the \file{uuencode} program. For example, the
+output produced by the \program{uuencode} program. For example, the
string \code{'www.python.org'} is encoded as the string
\code{'d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\e n'}.
@@ -24,13 +27,13 @@
\begin{funcdesc}{decodestring}{s}
Decode the string \var{s}, which must contain one or more lines of
-base-64 encoded data, and return a string containing the resulting
+base64 encoded data, and return a string containing the resulting
binary data.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input, output}
Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting
-base-64 encoded data to the \var{output} file.
+base64 encoded data to the \var{output} file.
\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that
mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until
\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.
@@ -39,7 +42,5 @@
\begin{funcdesc}{encodestring}{s}
Encode the string \var{s}, which can contain arbitrary binary data,
and return a string containing one or more lines of
-base-64 encoded data.
+base64 encoded data.
\end{funcdesc}
-
-