#15543: reflow paragraphs.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 6b80bd9..da07762 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -878,9 +878,8 @@
single: universal newlines; open() built-in function
*newline* controls how :term:`universal newlines` mode works (it only
- applies to text mode).
- It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and ``'\r\n'``. It
- works as follows:
+ applies to text mode). It can be ``None``, ``''``, ``'\n'``, ``'\r'``, and
+ ``'\r\n'``. It works as follows:
* When reading input from the stream, if *newline* is ``None``, universal
newlines mode is enabled. Lines in the input can end in ``'\n'``,