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Clarify one-item tuple (#114745) 

A 'single tuple' means 'one typle, of whatever length.
Remove the unneeded and slight distracting parenthetical 'singleton' comment.
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@ -1890,8 +1890,9 @@ the unpacking.
.. index:: pair: trailing; comma
The trailing comma is required only to create a single tuple (a.k.a. a
*singleton*); it is optional in all other cases. A single expression without a
A trailing comma is required only to create a one-item tuple,
such as ``1,``; it is optional in all other cases.
A single expression without a
trailing comma doesn't create a tuple, but rather yields the value of that
expression. (To create an empty tuple, use an empty pair of parentheses:
``()``.)