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Docs: add cross-references to improve navigation in getpass.rst (#151092)

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@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The :mod:`!getpass` module provides two functions:
the string *prompt*, which defaults to ``'Password: '``. On Unix, the
prompt is written to the file-like object *stream* using the replace error
handler if needed. *stream* defaults to the controlling terminal
(:file:`/dev/tty`) or if that is unavailable to ``sys.stderr`` (this
(:file:`/dev/tty`) or if that is unavailable to :data:`sys.stderr` (this
argument is ignored on Windows).
The *echo_char* argument controls how user input is displayed while typing.
@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ The :mod:`!getpass` module provides two functions:
typed character is replaced by it. For example, ``echo_char='*'`` will
display asterisks instead of the actual input.
If echo free input is unavailable getpass() falls back to printing
a warning message to *stream* and reading from ``sys.stdin`` and
If echo-free input is unavailable, :func:`getpass` falls back to printing
a warning message to *stream* and reading from :data:`sys.stdin` and
issuing a :exc:`GetPassWarning`.
.. note::
If you call getpass from within IDLE, the input may be done in the
If you call :func:`getpass` from within IDLE, the input may be done in the
terminal you launched IDLE from rather than the idle window itself.
.. note::