diff --git a/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst b/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst
index b4f271e..a56fb8c 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/doanddont.rst
@@ -267,8 +267,7 @@
 :func:`max`/:func:`min`. Another highly useful function is :func:`reduce`. A
 classical use of :func:`reduce` is something like ::
 
-   import operator
-   import sys
+   import sys, operator
    nums = map(float, sys.argv[1:])
    print reduce(operator.add, nums)/len(nums)
 
diff --git a/Doc/howto/webservers.rst b/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
index 1b8e041..6e0c815 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/webservers.rst
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@
     # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
     # enable debugging
-    import cgitb
-    cgitb.enable()
+    import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
 
     print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"
     print
@@ -280,9 +279,7 @@
     # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
 
     from cgi import escape
-    import os
-    import sys
-
+    import sys, os
     from flup.server.fcgi import WSGIServer
 
     def app(environ, start_response):
diff --git a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py
index 56e533f..3460498 100644
--- a/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py
+++ b/Doc/includes/sqlite3/adapter_datetime.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-import datetime
 import sqlite3
-import time
+import datetime, time
 
 def adapt_datetime(ts):
     return time.mktime(ts.timetuple())
diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncore.rst b/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
index e7ef925..4736a9c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncore.rst
@@ -246,8 +246,7 @@
 Here is a very basic HTTP client that uses the :class:`dispatcher` class to
 implement its socket handling::
 
-   import asyncore
-   import socket
+   import asyncore, socket
 
    class http_client(asyncore.dispatcher):
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/cgi.rst b/Doc/library/cgi.rst
index 6ad061f..0248284 100644
--- a/Doc/library/cgi.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/cgi.rst
@@ -67,20 +67,16 @@
 module defines all sorts of names for its own use or for backward compatibility
 that you don't want in your namespace.
 
-When you write a new script, consider adding the following::
+When you write a new script, consider adding the line::
 
-   import cgitb
-
-   cgitb.enable()
+   import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
 
 This activates a special exception handler that will display detailed reports in
 the Web browser if any errors occur.  If you'd rather not show the guts of your
 program to users of your script, you can have the reports saved to files
-instead, with something like this::
+instead, with a line like this::
 
-   import cgitb
-
-   cgitb.enable(display=0, logdir="/tmp")
+   import cgitb; cgitb.enable(display=0, logdir="/tmp")
 
 It's very helpful to use this feature during script development. The reports
 produced by :mod:`cgitb` provide information that can save you a lot of time in
diff --git a/Doc/library/configparser.rst b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
index a04badb..1de11b9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/configparser.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/configparser.rst
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@
    load the required file or files using :meth:`readfp` before calling :meth:`read`
    for any optional files::
 
-      import ConfigParser
-      import os
+      import ConfigParser, os
 
       config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
       config.readfp(open('defaults.cfg'))
diff --git a/Doc/library/cookielib.rst b/Doc/library/cookielib.rst
index c52fca3..12a12a0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/cookielib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/cookielib.rst
@@ -747,8 +747,7 @@
 
 The first example shows the most common usage of :mod:`cookielib`::
 
-   import cookielib
-   import urllib2
+   import cookielib, urllib2
    cj = cookielib.CookieJar()
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))
    r = opener.open("http://example.com/")
@@ -756,9 +755,7 @@
 This example illustrates how to open a URL using your Netscape, Mozilla, or Lynx
 cookies (assumes Unix/Netscape convention for location of the cookies file)::
 
-   import cookielib
-   import os
-   import urllib2
+   import os, cookielib, urllib2
    cj = cookielib.MozillaCookieJar()
    cj.load(os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], ".netscape/cookies.txt"))
    opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor(cj))
diff --git a/Doc/library/crypt.rst b/Doc/library/crypt.rst
index f8d4f92..2f037c7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/crypt.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/crypt.rst
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@
 
 A simple example illustrating typical use::
 
-   import crypt
-   import getpass
-   import pwd
+   import crypt, getpass, pwd
 
    def login():
        username = raw_input('Python login:')
diff --git a/Doc/library/csv.rst b/Doc/library/csv.rst
index 4b402b1..f19574b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/csv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/csv.rst
@@ -460,8 +460,7 @@
 
 A slightly more advanced use of the reader --- catching and reporting errors::
 
-   import csv
-   import sys
+   import csv, sys
    filename = "some.csv"
    reader = csv.reader(open(filename, "rb"))
    try:
@@ -507,9 +506,7 @@
 parameter in their constructor and make sure that the data passes the real
 reader or writer encoded as UTF-8::
 
-   import codecs
-   import cStringIO
-   import csv
+   import csv, codecs, cStringIO
 
    class UTF8Recoder:
        """
diff --git a/Doc/library/difflib.rst b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
index 701c5d5..addd813 100644
--- a/Doc/library/difflib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/difflib.rst
@@ -708,11 +708,7 @@
 
    """
 
-   import difflib
-   import os
-   import optparse
-   import sys
-   import time
+   import sys, os, time, difflib, optparse
 
    def main():
         # Configure the option parser
diff --git a/Doc/library/doctest.rst b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
index 49db1c8..31e6d0f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/doctest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/doctest.rst
@@ -951,11 +951,9 @@
 test suites from modules and text files containing doctests.  These test suites
 can then be run using :mod:`unittest` test runners::
 
-   import doctest
    import unittest
-
-   import my_module_with_doctests
-   import my_other_module_with_doctests
+   import doctest
+   import my_module_with_doctests, and_another
 
    suite = unittest.TestSuite()
    for mod in my_module_with_doctests, and_another:
diff --git a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
index c9118f0..b3b977f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@
 
 Examples (all on a SVR4 compliant system)::
 
-   import fcntl
-   import os
-   import struct
+   import struct, fcntl, os
 
    f = open(...)
    rv = fcntl.fcntl(f, fcntl.F_SETFL, os.O_NDELAY)
diff --git a/Doc/library/getopt.rst b/Doc/library/getopt.rst
index 78958ee..2c0fad9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/getopt.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/getopt.rst
@@ -114,8 +114,7 @@
 
 In a script, typical usage is something like this::
 
-   import getopt
-   import sys
+   import getopt, sys
 
    def main():
        try:
diff --git a/Doc/library/gl.rst b/Doc/library/gl.rst
index 6a0a92a..cbc175a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/gl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/gl.rst
@@ -124,9 +124,7 @@
 
 Here is a tiny but complete example GL program in Python::
 
-   import gl
-   import GL
-   import time
+   import gl, GL, time
 
    def main():
        gl.foreground()
diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
index e0b824e..e18d7d5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
@@ -521,8 +521,7 @@
 Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a mailbox and
 retrieves and prints all messages::
 
-   import getpass
-   import imaplib
+   import getpass, imaplib
 
    M = imaplib.IMAP4()
    M.login(getpass.getuser(), getpass.getpass())
diff --git a/Doc/library/imputil.rst b/Doc/library/imputil.rst
index d36d1a0..09a41f6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imputil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imputil.rst
@@ -112,9 +112,7 @@
 
 ::
 
-   import __builtin__
-   import imp
-   import sys
+   import sys, imp, __builtin__
 
    # Replacement for __import__()
    def import_hook(name, globals=None, locals=None, fromlist=None):
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 554318a..8226661 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -1347,8 +1347,7 @@
 the receiving end. A simple way of doing this is attaching a
 :class:`SocketHandler` instance to the root logger at the sending end::
 
-   import logging
-   import logging.handlers
+   import logging, logging.handlers
 
    rootLogger = logging.getLogger('')
    rootLogger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
@@ -2601,9 +2600,7 @@
 configuration::
 
     #!/usr/bin/env python
-    import socket
-    import struct
-    import sys
+    import socket, sys, struct
 
     data_to_send = open(sys.argv[1], "r").read()
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/modulefinder.rst b/Doc/library/modulefinder.rst
index 9af5335..a086206 100644
--- a/Doc/library/modulefinder.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/modulefinder.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@
 
 The script that is going to get analyzed later on (bacon.py)::
 
-   import itertools
-   import re
+   import re, itertools
 
    try:
        import baconhameggs
diff --git a/Doc/library/pickle.rst b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
index 8d153ec..a99dc86 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pickle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pickle.rst
@@ -708,8 +708,7 @@
 pickle-containing file, you should open the file in binary mode because you
 can't be sure if the ASCII or binary format was used. ::
 
-   import pickle
-   import pprint
+   import pprint, pickle
 
    pkl_file = open('data.pkl', 'rb')
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/poplib.rst b/Doc/library/poplib.rst
index 891e20e..e5f693d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/poplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/poplib.rst
@@ -182,8 +182,7 @@
 Here is a minimal example (without error checking) that opens a mailbox and
 retrieves and prints all messages::
 
-   import getpass
-   import poplib
+   import getpass, poplib
 
    M = poplib.POP3('localhost')
    M.user(getpass.getuser())
diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index fbcee6b..3793a89 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -228,8 +228,7 @@
 before opening the file; if the operation takes too long, the alarm signal will
 be sent, and the handler raises an exception. ::
 
-   import os
-   import signal
+   import signal, os
 
    def handler(signum, frame):
        print 'Signal handler called with signal', signum
diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index 1a44284..d031c90 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -423,8 +423,7 @@
    Example::
 
       # Convert file existing_db.db to SQL dump file dump.sql
-      import os
-      import sqlite3
+      import sqlite3, os
 
       con = sqlite3.connect('existing_db.db')
       with open('dump.sql', 'w') as f:
diff --git a/Doc/library/ssl.rst b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
index 572c566..30f1fea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ssl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ssl.rst
@@ -481,9 +481,7 @@
 This example connects to an SSL server, prints the server's address and certificate,
 sends some bytes, and reads part of the response::
 
-   import pprint
-   import socket
-   import ssl
+   import socket, ssl, pprint
 
    s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
 
@@ -537,8 +535,7 @@
 You'd open a socket, bind it to a port, call :meth:`listen` on it, then start waiting for clients
 to connect::
 
-   import socket
-   import ssl
+   import socket, ssl
 
    bindsocket = socket.socket()
    bindsocket.bind(('myaddr.mydomain.com', 10023))
diff --git a/Doc/library/stat.rst b/Doc/library/stat.rst
index 835f448..430bb23 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stat.rst
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@
 
 Example::
 
-   import os
-   import sys
+   import os, sys
    from stat import *
 
    def walktree(top, callback):
diff --git a/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst b/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst
index 4908cb4..4d67b21 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sunaudio.rst
@@ -135,13 +135,11 @@
 The audio device supports asynchronous notification of various events, through
 the SIGPOLL signal.  Here's an example of how you might enable this in Python::
 
-   import fcntl
-   import signal
-   import STROPTS
-
    def handle_sigpoll(signum, frame):
        print 'I got a SIGPOLL update'
 
+   import fcntl, signal, STROPTS
+
    signal.signal(signal.SIGPOLL, handle_sigpoll)
    fcntl.ioctl(audio_obj.fileno(), STROPTS.I_SETSIG, STROPTS.S_MSG)
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/termios.rst b/Doc/library/termios.rst
index 38da7b4..4847949 100644
--- a/Doc/library/termios.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/termios.rst
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@
 exactly no matter what happens::
 
    def getpass(prompt = "Password: "):
-       import sys
-       import termios
+       import termios, sys
        fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
        old = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
        new = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
diff --git a/Doc/library/traceback.rst b/Doc/library/traceback.rst
index 29b09ae..1260037 100644
--- a/Doc/library/traceback.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/traceback.rst
@@ -145,8 +145,7 @@
 complete implementation of the interpreter loop, refer to the :mod:`code`
 module. ::
 
-   import sys
-   import traceback
+   import sys, traceback
 
    def run_user_code(envdir):
        source = raw_input(">>> ")
@@ -166,8 +165,7 @@
 The following example demonstrates the different ways to print and format the
 exception and traceback::
 
-   import sys
-   import traceback
+   import sys, traceback
 
    def lumberjack():
        bright_side_of_death()
diff --git a/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst b/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst
index f5aa40e..4035f8e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/xmlrpclib.rst
@@ -551,8 +551,7 @@
 
 ::
 
-   import httplib
-   import xmlrpclib
+   import xmlrpclib, httplib
 
    class ProxiedTransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
        def set_proxy(self, proxy):
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst
index 90981e5..6a439bd 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interactive.rst
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@
 enable it in the interpreter's interactive mode, add the following to your
 startup file: [#]_  ::
 
-   import readline
-   import rlcompleter
+   import rlcompleter, readline
    readline.parse_and_bind('tab: complete')
 
 This binds the :kbd:`Tab` key to the completion function, so hitting the
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
index b50a3b9..8faa360 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/stdlib2.rst
@@ -170,8 +170,7 @@
 The following code shows how the high level :mod:`threading` module can run
 tasks in background while the main program continues to run::
 
-   import threading
-   import zipfile
+   import threading, zipfile
 
    class AsyncZip(threading.Thread):
        def __init__(self, infile, outfile):
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index 17ee766..f04f194 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -473,8 +473,7 @@
 Finally, the :func:`closing(object)` function returns *object* so that it can be
 bound to a variable, and calls ``object.close`` at the end of the block. ::
 
-   import sys
-   import urllib
+   import urllib, sys
    from contextlib import closing
 
    with closing(urllib.urlopen('http://www.yahoo.com')) as f: