diff --git a/pep-0471.txt b/pep-0471.txt
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--- a/pep-0471.txt
+++ b/pep-0471.txt
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ better than this.)
 
 In practice, removing all those extra system calls makes ``os.walk()``
 about **8-9 times as fast on Windows**, and about **2-3 times as fast
-on POSIX systems**. So we're not talking about micro-
-optimizations. See more `benchmarks here`_.
+on POSIX systems**. So we're not talking about
+micro-optimizations. See more `benchmarks here`_.
 
 .. _`benchmarks here`: https://github.com/benhoyt/scandir#benchmarks