[Python-checkins] bpo-43729: Clarify comment in tutorial example (GH-25191) (GH-26137)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c90642b0d48e5ab40d05b526311ba19bb87f3233
commit: c90642b0d48e5ab40d05b526311ba19bb87f3233
branch: 3.9
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: willingc <carolcode at willingconsulting.com>
date: 2021-05-14T13:06:34-07:00
summary:

bpo-43729: Clarify comment in tutorial example (GH-25191) (GH-26137)

(cherry picked from commit 07797121cc290ede0b3d3cf02068f3d993cddd15)

Co-authored-by: Erlend Egeberg Aasland <erlend.aasland at innova.no>

Co-authored-by: Erlend Egeberg Aasland <erlend.aasland at innova.no>

files:
M Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
index 2a1666128a2015..4613cf76c53099 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/introduction.rst
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ operator; to calculate the remainder you can use ``%``::
    5
    >>> 17 % 3  # the % operator returns the remainder of the division
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-   >>> 5 * 3 + 2  # result * divisor + remainder
+   >>> 5 * 3 + 2  # floored quotient * divisor + remainder
    17
 
 With Python, it is possible to use the ``**`` operator to calculate powers [#]_::



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