diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst index 0b0dba1a996..ea386706e8b 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst @@ -1308,8 +1308,8 @@ The parts are separated by a decimal point, ``.``:: 2.71828 4.0 -Unlike in integer literals, leading zeros are allowed in the numeric parts. -For example, ``077.010`` is legal, and denotes the same number as ``77.10``. +Unlike in integer literals, leading zeros are allowed. +For example, ``077.010`` is legal, and denotes the same number as ``77.01``. As in integer literals, single underscores may occur between digits to help readability::