diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
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@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ http://svn.python.org/view/tracker/importer/.
     Roundup downloads and documentation.
 
 
-New Documentation Format: ReStructuredText Using Sphinx
+New Documentation Format: reStructuredText Using Sphinx
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 Since the Python project's inception around 1989, the documentation