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@@ -2238,11 +2238,11 @@ details, see the documentation for ``loop.create_datagram_endpoint()``.
Notable changes in Python 3.8.8
===============================
-Earlier Python versions allowed using both ";" and "&" as
+Earlier Python versions allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as
query parameter separators in :func:`urllib.parse.parse_qs` and
:func:`urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Due to security concerns, and to conform with
newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single
-separator key, with "&" as the default. This change also affects
+separator key, with ``&`` as the default. This change also affects
:func:`cgi.parse` and :func:`cgi.parse_multipart` as they use the affected
functions internally. For more details, please see their respective
documentation.