diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
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+++ 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