- fix typo reported by John Belmonte

- wrap a long line

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
index 638eadb9eff0aceba9d7a49d6fd1b37a0c388ce4..2ae66ba1995e289d945e0e5b3f6b6b4401407f29 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ yellow 5
   use as arguments to functionals:
   \samp{map(mydict.__getitem__, keylist)}.
 
-\item Added an newcode opcode, \code{LIST_APPEND}, that simplifies
+\item Added a new opcode, \code{LIST_APPEND}, that simplifies
   the generated bytecode for list comprehensions and speeds them up
   by about a third.
 
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ details.
 \begin{itemize}
 
 \item The \module{curses} modules now supports the ncurses extension 
-   \function{use_default_colors()}.   On platforms where the terminal 
-   supports transparency, this makes it possible to use a transparent background.
-   (Contributed by J\"org Lehmann.)
+   \function{use_default_colors()}.  On platforms where the terminal
+   supports transparency, this makes it possible to use a transparent
+   background.  (Contributed by J\"org Lehmann.)
 
 \item The \module{bisect} module now has an underlying C implementation
    for improved performance.