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@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ considered too.
 References
 ==========
 
-.. [1]: PEP 540, Add a new UTF-8 Mode
+.. [1] PEP 540, Add a new UTF-8 Mode
    (https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0540/)