namespace, *concurrent*. Its first member is a *futures* package which provides
a uniform high-level interface for managing threads and processes.
-The design for :mod:`concurrent.futures` was inspired by
-*java.util.concurrent.package*. In that model, a running call and its result
+The design for :mod:`concurrent.futures` was inspired by the
+*java.util.concurrent* package. In that model, a running call and its result
are represented by a :class:`~concurrent.futures.Future` object that abstracts
features common to threads, processes, and remote procedure calls. That object
supports status checks (running or done), timeouts, cancellations, adding