[3.7] bpo-35110: Fix unintentional spaces around hyphens and dashes. (GH-10231). (GH-10253)

(cherry picked from commit 3f819ca138db6945ee4271bf13e42db9f9b3b1e4)
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
index cefe9d4..c891f63 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/veryhigh.rst
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
    Evaluate a precompiled code object, given a particular environment for its
    evaluation.  This environment consists of a dictionary of global variables,
    a mapping object of local variables, arrays of arguments, keywords and
-   defaults, a dictionary of default values for :ref:`keyword-only\
+   defaults, a dictionary of default values for :ref:`keyword-only
    <keyword-only_parameter>` arguments and a closure tuple of cells.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
index 3c89468..dccd7ce 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/apiref.rst
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@
    | *sources*              | list of source filenames,      | a list of strings         |
    |                        | relative to the distribution   |                           |
    |                        | root (where the setup script   |                           |
-   |                        | lives), in Unix form (slash-   |                           |
-   |                        | separated) for portability.    |                           |
+   |                        | lives), in Unix form           |                           |
+   |                        | (slash-separated) for          |                           |
+   |                        | portability.                   |                           |
    |                        | Source files may be C, C++,    |                           |
    |                        | SWIG (.i), platform-specific   |                           |
    |                        | resource files, or whatever    |                           |
@@ -1566,8 +1567,8 @@
    +------------------+--------------------------------+---------+
    | option name      | description                    | default |
    +==================+================================+=========+
-   | *strip_comments* | strip from ``'#'`` to end-of-  | true    |
-   |                  | line, as well as any           |         |
+   | *strip_comments* | strip from ``'#'`` to          | true    |
+   |                  | end-of-line, as well as any    |         |
    |                  | whitespace leading up to the   |         |
    |                  | ``'#'``\ ---unless it is       |         |
    |                  | escaped by a backslash         |         |
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
index 758bd14..f1f3471 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/builtdist.rst
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
 
    python setup.py bdist --format=zip
 
-would, when run on a Unix system, create :file:`Distutils-1.0.{plat}.zip`\
----again, this archive would be unpacked from the root directory to install the
-Distutils.
+would, when run on a Unix system, create
+:file:`Distutils-1.0.{plat}.zip`\ ---again, this archive would be unpacked
+from the root directory to install the Distutils.
 
 The available formats for built distributions are:
 
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst b/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst
index cd10a7f..0874d05 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/configfile.rst
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 provide default values for any command option, which the installer can then
 override either on the command-line or by editing the config file.
 
-The setup configuration file is a useful middle-ground between the setup script
----which, ideally, would be opaque to installers [#]_---and the command-line to
+The setup configuration file is a useful middle-ground between the setup
+script---which, ideally, would be opaque to installers [#]_---and the command-line to
 the setup script, which is outside of your control and entirely up to the
 installer.  In fact, :file:`setup.cfg` (and any other Distutils configuration
 files present on the target system) are processed after the contents of the
diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
index 82b689e..b788a55 100644
--- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst
+++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst
@@ -545,8 +545,9 @@
 :c:func:`PyObject_CallObject` returns a Python object pointer: this is the return
 value of the Python function.  :c:func:`PyObject_CallObject` is
 "reference-count-neutral" with respect to its arguments.  In the example a new
-tuple was created to serve as the argument list, which is :c:func:`Py_DECREF`\
--ed immediately after the :c:func:`PyObject_CallObject` call.
+tuple was created to serve as the argument list, which is
+:c:func:`Py_DECREF`\ -ed immediately after the :c:func:`PyObject_CallObject`
+call.
 
 The return value of :c:func:`PyObject_CallObject` is "new": either it is a brand
 new object, or it is an existing object whose reference count has been
diff --git a/Doc/howto/logging.rst b/Doc/howto/logging.rst
index 47b5c68..2a2282e 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/logging.rst
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
 
 The :class:`NullHandler`, :class:`StreamHandler` and :class:`FileHandler`
 classes are defined in the core logging package. The other handlers are
-defined in a sub- module, :mod:`logging.handlers`. (There is also another
+defined in a sub-module, :mod:`logging.handlers`. (There is also another
 sub-module, :mod:`logging.config`, for configuration functionality.)
 
 Logged messages are formatted for presentation through instances of the
diff --git a/Doc/install/index.rst b/Doc/install/index.rst
index 92cdf2f..f6a8cd6 100644
--- a/Doc/install/index.rst
+++ b/Doc/install/index.rst
@@ -554,10 +554,10 @@
 
 These override options can be relative, absolute,
 or explicitly defined in terms of one of the installation base directories.
-(There are two installation base directories, and they are normally the same---
-they only differ when you use the Unix "prefix scheme" and supply different
-``--prefix`` and ``--exec-prefix`` options; using ``--install-lib`` will
-override values computed or given for ``--install-purelib`` and
+(There are two installation base directories, and they are normally the
+same---they only differ when you use the Unix "prefix scheme" and supply
+different ``--prefix`` and ``--exec-prefix`` options; using ``--install-lib``
+will override values computed or given for ``--install-purelib`` and
 ``--install-platlib``, and is recommended for schemes that don't make a
 difference between Python and extension modules.)
 
@@ -584,10 +584,10 @@
 
 If you maintain Python on Windows, you might want third-party modules to live in
 a subdirectory of :file:`{prefix}`, rather than right in :file:`{prefix}`
-itself.  This is almost as easy as customizing the script installation directory
----you just have to remember that there are two types of modules to worry about,
-Python and extension modules, which can conveniently be both controlled by one
-option::
+itself.  This is almost as easy as customizing the script installation
+directory---you just have to remember that there are two types of modules
+to worry about, Python and extension modules, which can conveniently be both
+controlled by one option::
 
    python setup.py install --install-lib=Site
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/codecs.rst b/Doc/library/codecs.rst
index 51bfad1..ef788bf 100644
--- a/Doc/library/codecs.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/codecs.rst
@@ -1121,10 +1121,10 @@
 |                 | ks_c-5601, ks_c-5601-1987,     |                                |
 |                 | ksx1001, ks_x-1001             |                                |
 +-----------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
-| gb2312          | chinese, csiso58gb231280, euc- | Simplified Chinese             |
-|                 | cn, euccn, eucgb2312-cn,       |                                |
-|                 | gb2312-1980, gb2312-80, iso-   |                                |
-|                 | ir-58                          |                                |
+| gb2312          | chinese, csiso58gb231280,      | Simplified Chinese             |
+|                 | euc-cn, euccn, eucgb2312-cn,   |                                |
+|                 | gb2312-1980, gb2312-80,        |                                |
+|                 | iso-ir-58                      |                                |
 +-----------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
 | gbk             | 936, cp936, ms936              | Unified Chinese                |
 +-----------------+--------------------------------+--------------------------------+
diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index 0363111..db3a652 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -276,9 +276,10 @@
 | ``+t1``                        | Returns a :class:`timedelta` object with the  |
 |                                | same value. (2)                               |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
-| ``-t1``                        | equivalent to :class:`timedelta`\             |
-|                                | (-*t1.days*, -*t1.seconds*,                   |
-|                                | -*t1.microseconds*), and to *t1*\* -1. (1)(4) |
+| ``-t1``                        | equivalent to                                 |
+|                                | :class:`timedelta`\ (-*t1.days*,              |
+|                                | -*t1.seconds*, -*t1.microseconds*),           |
+|                                | and to *t1*\* -1. (1)(4)                      |
 +--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
 | ``abs(t)``                     | equivalent to +\ *t* when ``t.days >= 0``, and|
 |                                | to -*t* when ``t.days < 0``. (2)              |
diff --git a/Doc/library/email.compat32-message.rst b/Doc/library/email.compat32-message.rst
index 2e189dc..d884950 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.compat32-message.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.compat32-message.rst
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@
 
    .. method:: is_multipart()
 
-      Return ``True`` if the message's payload is a list of sub-\
-      :class:`Message` objects, otherwise return ``False``.  When
+      Return ``True`` if the message's payload is a list of
+      sub-\ :class:`Message` objects, otherwise return ``False``.  When
       :meth:`is_multipart` returns ``False``, the payload should be a string
       object (which might be a CTE encoded binary payload.  (Note that
       :meth:`is_multipart` returning ``True`` does not necessarily mean that
diff --git a/Doc/library/email.message.rst b/Doc/library/email.message.rst
index 261d0d6..ff54045 100644
--- a/Doc/library/email.message.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/email.message.rst
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@
 
    .. method:: is_multipart()
 
-      Return ``True`` if the message's payload is a list of sub-\
-      :class:`EmailMessage` objects, otherwise return ``False``.  When
+      Return ``True`` if the message's payload is a list of
+      sub-\ :class:`EmailMessage` objects, otherwise return ``False``.  When
       :meth:`is_multipart` returns ``False``, the payload should be a string
       object (which might be a CTE encoded binary payload).  Note that
       :meth:`is_multipart` returning ``True`` does not necessarily mean that
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 0755653..0e65f31 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -882,7 +882,7 @@
 Module-Level Functions
 ----------------------
 
-In addition to the classes described above, there are a number of module- level
+In addition to the classes described above, there are a number of module-level
 functions.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
index e9b82ee..3afc77b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@
 Handling boolean (flag) options
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-Flag options---set a variable to true or false when a particular option is seen
----are quite common.  :mod:`optparse` supports them with two separate actions,
+Flag options---set a variable to true or false when a particular option is
+seen---are quite common.  :mod:`optparse` supports them with two separate actions,
 ``store_true`` and ``store_false``.  For example, you might have a ``verbose``
 flag that is turned on with ``-v`` and off with ``-q``::
 
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@
    parser.add_option("-q", action="store_false", dest="verbose")
 
 Here we have two different options with the same destination, which is perfectly
-OK.  (It just means you have to be a bit careful when setting default values---
-see below.)
+OK.  (It just means you have to be a bit careful when setting default
+values---see below.)
 
 When :mod:`optparse` encounters ``-v`` on the command line, it sets
 ``options.verbose`` to ``True``; when it encounters ``-q``,
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@
   default: ``"Usage: %prog [options]"``, which is fine if your script doesn't
   take any positional arguments.
 
-* every option defines a help string, and doesn't worry about line-wrapping---
-  :mod:`optparse` takes care of wrapping lines and making the help output look
-  good.
+* every option defines a help string, and doesn't worry about
+  line-wrapping---\ :mod:`optparse` takes care of wrapping lines and making
+  the help output look good.
 
 * options that take a value indicate this fact in their automatically-generated
   help message, e.g. for the "mode" option::
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index f376ef9..be417f4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3702,11 +3702,11 @@
 .. function:: wait3(options)
 
    Similar to :func:`waitpid`, except no process id argument is given and a
-   3-element tuple containing the child's process id, exit status indication, and
-   resource usage information is returned.  Refer to :mod:`resource`.\
-   :func:`~resource.getrusage` for details on resource usage information.  The
-   option argument is the same as that provided to :func:`waitpid` and
-   :func:`wait4`.
+   3-element tuple containing the child's process id, exit status indication,
+   and resource usage information is returned.  Refer to
+   :mod:`resource`.\ :func:`~resource.getrusage` for details on resource usage
+   information.  The option argument is the same as that provided to
+   :func:`waitpid` and :func:`wait4`.
 
    .. availability:: Unix.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
index 522bb7e..a7d3dac 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ossaudiodev.rst
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@
    number of bytes written.  If the audio device is in blocking mode (the
    default), the entire data is always written (again, this is different from
    usual Unix device semantics).  If the device is in non-blocking mode, some
-   data may not be written
-   ---see :meth:`writeall`.
+   data may not be written---see :meth:`writeall`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.5
       Writable :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted.
diff --git a/Doc/library/stat.rst b/Doc/library/stat.rst
index b256312..c8f6904 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stat.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stat.rst
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@
 
 .. function:: S_IMODE(mode)
 
-   Return the portion of the file's mode that can be set by :func:`os.chmod`\
-   ---that is, the file's permission bits, plus the sticky bit, set-group-id, and
-   set-user-id bits (on systems that support them).
+   Return the portion of the file's mode that can be set by
+   :func:`os.chmod`\ ---that is, the file's permission bits, plus the sticky
+   bit, set-group-id, and set-user-id bits (on systems that support them).
 
 
 .. function:: S_IFMT(mode)
diff --git a/Doc/library/string.rst b/Doc/library/string.rst
index 7ed52ab..d0ef089 100644
--- a/Doc/library/string.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/string.rst
@@ -458,11 +458,11 @@
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``'o'`` | Octal format. Outputs the number in base 8.              |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
-   | ``'x'`` | Hex format. Outputs the number in base 16, using lower-  |
-   |         | case letters for the digits above 9.                     |
+   | ``'x'`` | Hex format. Outputs the number in base 16, using         |
+   |         | lower-case letters for the digits above 9.               |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
-   | ``'X'`` | Hex format. Outputs the number in base 16, using upper-  |
-   |         | case letters for the digits above 9.                     |
+   | ``'X'`` | Hex format. Outputs the number in base 16, using         |
+   |         | upper-case letters for the digits above 9.               |
    +---------+----------------------------------------------------------+
    | ``'n'`` | Number. This is the same as ``'d'``, except that it uses |
    |         | the current locale setting to insert the appropriate     |
diff --git a/Doc/library/termios.rst b/Doc/library/termios.rst
index 7693ecd..d75a87c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/termios.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/termios.rst
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
 
 .. function:: tcsendbreak(fd, duration)
 
-   Send a break on file descriptor *fd*.  A zero *duration* sends a break for 0.25
-   --0.5 seconds; a nonzero *duration* has a system dependent meaning.
+   Send a break on file descriptor *fd*.  A zero *duration* sends a break for
+   0.25--0.5 seconds; a nonzero *duration* has a system dependent meaning.
 
 
 .. function:: tcdrain(fd)
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
index c407ad4..bf6fbe2 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/controlflow.rst
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@
 .. index::
    single: **; in function calls
 
-In the same fashion, dictionaries can deliver keyword arguments with the ``**``\
--operator::
+In the same fashion, dictionaries can deliver keyword arguments with the
+``**``\ -operator::
 
    >>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'):
    ...     print("-- This parrot wouldn't", action, end=' ')
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
index 0aa6003..c2ae866 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
@@ -576,9 +576,9 @@
 variables are preserved.  On the next call to the generator's ``next()`` method,
 the function will resume executing immediately after the :keyword:`yield`
 statement.  (For complicated reasons, the :keyword:`yield` statement isn't
-allowed inside the :keyword:`try` block of a :keyword:`try`...\
-:keyword:`finally` statement; read :pep:`255` for a full explanation of the
-interaction between :keyword:`yield` and exceptions.)
+allowed inside the :keyword:`try` block of a
+:keyword:`try`...\ :keyword:`finally` statement; read :pep:`255` for a full
+explanation of the interaction between :keyword:`yield` and exceptions.)
 
 Here's a sample usage of the :func:`generate_ints` generator::
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
index 590015a..37ba7c0 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@
 variables are preserved.  On the next call to the generator's ``.next()``
 method, the function will resume executing immediately after the
 :keyword:`yield` statement.  (For complicated reasons, the :keyword:`yield`
-statement isn't allowed inside the :keyword:`try` block of a :keyword:`try`...\
-:keyword:`finally` statement; read :pep:`255` for a full explanation of the
-interaction between :keyword:`yield` and exceptions.)
+statement isn't allowed inside the :keyword:`try` block of a
+:keyword:`try`...\ :keyword:`finally` statement; read :pep:`255` for a full
+explanation of the interaction between :keyword:`yield` and exceptions.)
 
 Here's a sample usage of the :func:`generate_ints` generator::
 
@@ -1247,8 +1247,8 @@
   will have to change your ``import`` statements to import it as :mod:`bsddb`.
 
 * The new :mod:`bz2` module is an interface to the bz2 data compression library.
-  bz2-compressed data is usually smaller than  corresponding :mod:`zlib`\
-  -compressed data. (Contributed by Gustavo Niemeyer.)
+  bz2-compressed data is usually smaller than  corresponding
+  :mod:`zlib`\ -compressed data. (Contributed by Gustavo Niemeyer.)
 
 * A set of standard date/time types has been added in the new :mod:`datetime`
   module.  See the following section for more details.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
index 79c5a73..7a3384c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
@@ -448,8 +448,9 @@
 The parentheses aren't always necessary, but it's easier to always add them
 instead of having to remember when they're needed.
 
-(:pep:`342` explains the exact rules, which are that a :keyword:`yield`\
--expression must always be parenthesized except when it occurs at the top-level
+(:pep:`342` explains the exact rules, which are that a
+:keyword:`yield`\ -expression must always be parenthesized except when it
+occurs at the top-level
 expression on the right-hand side of an assignment.  This means you can write
 ``val = yield i`` but have to use parentheses when there's an operation, as in
 ``val = (yield i) + 12``.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 6597170..1099623 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -1452,10 +1452,10 @@
 
 :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` has a new method,
 :meth:`~ssl.SSLContext.cert_store_stats`, that reports the number of loaded
-``X.509`` certs, ``X.509 CA`` certs, and certificate revocation lists (``crl``\
-s), as well as a :meth:`~ssl.SSLContext.get_ca_certs` method that returns a
-list of the loaded ``CA`` certificates.  (Contributed by Christian Heimes in
-:issue:`18147`.)
+``X.509`` certs, ``X.509 CA`` certs, and certificate revocation lists
+(``crl``\ s), as well as a :meth:`~ssl.SSLContext.get_ca_certs` method that
+returns a list of the loaded ``CA`` certificates.  (Contributed by Christian
+Heimes in :issue:`18147`.)
 
 If OpenSSL 0.9.8 or later is available, :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` has a new
 attribute :attr:`~ssl.SSLContext.verify_flags` that can be used to control the
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a1.rst
index 7eb8326..aceee41 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a1.rst
@@ -2706,8 +2706,8 @@
 .. nonce: ZLsRil
 .. section: Library
 
-Don't force 3rd party C extensions to be built with -Werror=declaration-
-after-statement.
+Don't force 3rd party C extensions to be built with
+-Werror=declaration-after-statement.
 
 ..
 
@@ -4464,8 +4464,8 @@
 .. nonce: DFMEgN
 .. section: Library
 
-Fix inspect.getcallargs() to raise correct TypeError for missing keyword-
-only arguments. Patch by Jeremiah Lowin.
+Fix inspect.getcallargs() to raise correct TypeError for missing
+keyword-only arguments. Patch by Jeremiah Lowin.
 
 ..
 
@@ -5059,8 +5059,8 @@
 .. nonce: KAl7aO
 .. section: Build
 
-Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of python --generate-
-posix-vars in pybuilddir.txt build target.
+Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of python
+--generate-posix-vars in pybuilddir.txt build target.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a3.rst
index 0e5d7c5..a81d67a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a3.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0a3.rst
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 .. nonce: b5M04V
 .. section: Library
 
-The groupindex attribute of regular expression pattern object now is non-
-modifiable mapping.
+The groupindex attribute of regular expression pattern object now is
+non-modifiable mapping.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b3.rst
index bb4cc33..f2f1610 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b3.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b3.rst
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
 .. nonce: aAbWbQ
 .. section: Library
 
-Restore semantic round-trip correctness in tokenize/untokenize for tab-
-indented blocks.
+Restore semantic round-trip correctness in tokenize/untokenize for
+tab-indented blocks.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b4.rst
index bcc7345..adb8ee8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b4.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.0b4.rst
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
 .. nonce: hwXwCH
 .. section: Library
 
-SMTP.auth() and SMTP.login() now support RFC 4954's optional initial-
-response argument to the SMTP AUTH command.
+SMTP.auth() and SMTP.login() now support RFC 4954's optional
+initial-response argument to the SMTP AUTH command.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.1rc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.1rc1.rst
index efefaa1..d06817c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.1rc1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.1rc1.rst
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
 
 On Solaris 11.3 or newer, os.urandom() now uses the getrandom() function
 instead of the getentropy() function. The getentropy() function is blocking
-to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such high-
-quality entropy.
+to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such
+high-quality entropy.
 
 ..
 
@@ -1083,11 +1083,11 @@
 .. nonce: -j_BV7
 .. section: IDLE
 
-Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help. * Properly indent
-fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman). * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-
-like light blueish-gray background. * Re-use initial width and height set by
-users for shell and editor. * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used,
-put the section header at the top of the screen.
+Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help. Properly indent
+fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman). Give code snippet a very
+Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background. Re-use initial width and height
+set by users for shell and editor. When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is
+used, put the section header at the top of the screen.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.2rc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.2rc1.rst
index 3d513b3..231c3ca 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.2rc1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.2rc1.rst
@@ -568,9 +568,9 @@
 .. section: Library
 
 The "urllib.request" module now percent-encodes non-ASCII bytes found in
-redirect target URLs.  Some servers send Location header fields with non-
-ASCII bytes, but "http.client" requires the request target to be ASCII-
-encodable, otherwise a UnicodeEncodeError is raised.  Based on patch by
+redirect target URLs.  Some servers send Location header fields with
+non-ASCII bytes, but "http.client" requires the request target to be
+ASCII-encodable, otherwise a UnicodeEncodeError is raised.  Based on patch by
 Christian Heimes.
 
 ..
@@ -1952,10 +1952,10 @@
 .. nonce: HDjM4s
 .. section: Build
 
-Disable the rules for running _freeze_importlib and pgen when cross-
-compiling.  The output of these programs is normally saved with the source
-code anyway, and is still regenerated when doing a native build. Patch by
-Xavier de Gaye.
+Disable the rules for running _freeze_importlib and pgen when
+cross-compiling.  The output of these programs is normally saved with the
+source code anyway, and is still regenerated when doing a native build.
+Patch by Xavier de Gaye.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.3rc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.3rc1.rst
index bca43c8..fd59cf7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.3rc1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.3rc1.rst
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
 .. nonce: RYbEGH
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
-Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of empty compile-
-time PYTHONPATH components.
+Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of empty
+compile-time PYTHONPATH components.
 
 ..
 
@@ -349,8 +349,8 @@
 .. section: Core and Builtins
 
 Standard __import__() no longer look up "__import__" in globals or builtins
-for importing submodules or "from import".  Fixed handling an error of non-
-string package name.
+for importing submodules or "from import".  Fixed handling an error of
+non-string package name.
 
 ..
 
@@ -1124,10 +1124,10 @@
 .. nonce: cYraeH
 .. section: Library
 
-A new version of typing.py from https://github.com/python/typing: -
-Collection (only for 3.6) (Issue #27598) - Add FrozenSet to __all__
-(upstream #261) - fix crash in _get_type_vars() (upstream #259) - Remove the
-dict constraint in ForwardRef._eval_type (upstream #252)
+A new version of typing.py from https://github.com/python/typing:
+Collection (only for 3.6) (Issue #27598). Add FrozenSet to __all__
+(upstream #261). Fix crash in _get_type_vars() (upstream #259). Remove the
+dict constraint in ForwardRef._eval_type (upstream #252).
 
 ..
 
@@ -2070,9 +2070,9 @@
 .. section: Build
 
 Cause lack of llvm-profdata tool when using clang as required for PGO
-linking to be a configure time error rather than make time when --with-
-optimizations is enabled.  Also improve our ability to find the llvm-
-profdata tool on MacOS and some Linuxes.
+linking to be a configure time error rather than make time when
+--with-optimizations is enabled.  Also improve our ability to find the
+llvm-profdata tool on MacOS and some Linuxes.
 
 ..
 
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@
 .. section: Build
 
 The configure script now inserts comments into the makefile to prevent the
-pgen and _freeze_importlib executables from being cross- compiled.
+pgen and _freeze_importlib executables from being cross-compiled.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.4rc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.4rc1.rst
index 0eb85d1..5af08cb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.4rc1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.5.4rc1.rst
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 vulnerabilities including: CVE-2017-9233 (External entity infinite loop
 DoS), CVE-2016-9063 (Integer overflow, re-fix), CVE-2016-0718 (Fix
 regression bugs from 2.2.0's fix to CVE-2016-0718) and CVE-2012-0876
-(Counter hash flooding with SipHash). Note: the CVE-2016-5300 (Use os-
-specific entropy sources like getrandom) doesn't impact Python, since Python
+(Counter hash flooding with SipHash). Note: the CVE-2016-5300 (Use
+os-specific entropy sources like getrandom) doesn't impact Python, since Python
 already gets entropy from the OS to set the expat secret using
 ``XML_SetHashSalt()``.
 
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@
 .. nonce: N3KI-o
 .. section: Library
 
-os.listdir() and os.scandir() now emit bytes names when called with bytes-
-like argument.
+os.listdir() and os.scandir() now emit bytes names when called with
+bytes-like argument.
 
 ..
 
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@
 .. section: Library
 
 Various updates to typing module: add typing.NoReturn type, use
-WrapperDescriptorType, minor bug-fixes.  Original PRs by Jim Fasarakis-
-Hilliard and Ivan Levkivskyi.
+WrapperDescriptorType, minor bug-fixes.  Original PRs by Jim
+Fasarakis-Hilliard and Ivan Levkivskyi.
 
 ..
 
@@ -1070,8 +1070,8 @@
 .. section: Build
 
 Prevent unnecessary rebuilding of Python during ``make test``, ``make
-install`` and some other make targets when configured with ``--enable-
-optimizations``.
+install`` and some other make targets when configured with
+``--enable-optimizations``.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.1rc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.1rc1.rst
index e800c54..515530a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.1rc1.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.1rc1.rst
@@ -1416,9 +1416,9 @@
 .. nonce: Ow7alv
 .. section: IDLE
 
-Avoid small type when running htests. Since part of the purpose of human-
-viewed tests is to determine that widgets look right, it is important that
-they look the same for testing as when running IDLE.
+Avoid small type when running htests. Since part of the purpose of
+human-viewed tests is to determine that widgets look right, it is important
+that they look the same for testing as when running IDLE.
 
 ..
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-26-22-53-16.bpo-35079.Tm5jvF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-26-22-53-16.bpo-35079.Tm5jvF.rst
index 33f6dc4..991bae3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-26-22-53-16.bpo-35079.Tm5jvF.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-26-22-53-16.bpo-35079.Tm5jvF.rst
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-Improve difflib.SequenceManager.get_matching_blocks doc by adding 'non-
-overlapping' and changing '!=' to '<'.
+Improve difflib.SequenceManager.get_matching_blocks doc by adding
+'non-overlapping' and changing '!=' to '<'.