documentation bug? (format spec mini language)

[Alan G Isaac]

The documentation at http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language

         '<' Forces the field to be left-aligned within the available space (This is the default.)

The conflicting example::

         >>> format(3.2,'10.5f')
         '   3.20000'
         >>> format(3.2,'<10.5f')
         '3.20000   '

Am I somehow misreading the documentation?

Thanks,
Alan Isaac