diff --git a/Tools/idle/FormatParagraph.py b/Tools/idle/FormatParagraph.py
index 1d0db12..f8827e7 100644
--- a/Tools/idle/FormatParagraph.py
+++ b/Tools/idle/FormatParagraph.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     first = "%d.0" % (lineno+1)
     return first, last, text.get(first, last)
 
-def reformat_paragraph(data, limit=72):
+def reformat_paragraph(data, limit=70):
     lines = string.split(data, "\n")
     i = 0
     n = len(lines)