diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index d914686c0a1..89634818364 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -363,18 +363,17 @@ one :keyword:`!except*` clause, the first that matches it. ::
      +-+---------------- 1 ----------------
        | ValueError: 1
        +------------------------------------
-   >>>
 
-   Any remaining exceptions that were not handled by any :keyword:`!except*`
-   clause are re-raised at the end, combined into an exception group along with
-   all exceptions that were raised from within :keyword:`!except*` clauses.
+Any remaining exceptions that were not handled by any :keyword:`!except*`
+clause are re-raised at the end, combined into an exception group along with
+all exceptions that were raised from within :keyword:`!except*` clauses.
 
-   An :keyword:`!except*` clause must have a matching type,
-   and this type cannot be a subclass of :exc:`BaseExceptionGroup`.
-   It is not possible to mix :keyword:`except` and :keyword:`!except*`
-   in the same :keyword:`try`.
-   :keyword:`break`, :keyword:`continue` and :keyword:`return`
-   cannot appear in an :keyword:`!except*` clause.
+An :keyword:`!except*` clause must have a matching type,
+and this type cannot be a subclass of :exc:`BaseExceptionGroup`.
+It is not possible to mix :keyword:`except` and :keyword:`!except*`
+in the same :keyword:`try`.
+:keyword:`break`, :keyword:`continue` and :keyword:`return`
+cannot appear in an :keyword:`!except*` clause.
 
 
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