Fix markup in whatsnew, use new directive in ACKS.

Doc/ACKS.txt

 Contributors to the Python Documentation
 ----------------------------------------
 
-This file lists people who have contributed in some way to the Python
+This section lists people who have contributed in some way to the Python
 documentation.  It is probably not complete -- if you feel that you or
 anyone else should be on this list, please let us know (send email to
 docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
 
-* Aahz
-* Michael Abbott
-* Steve Alexander
-* Jim Ahlstrom
-* Fred Allen
-* A. Amoroso
-* Pehr Anderson
-* Oliver Andrich
-* Jesús Cea Avión
-* Daniel Barclay
-* Chris Barker
-* Don Bashford
-* Anthony Baxter
-* Bennett Benson
-* Jonathan Black
-* Robin Boerdijk
-* Michal Bozon
-* Aaron Brancotti
-* Georg Brandl
-* Keith Briggs
-* Lee Busby
-* Lorenzo M. Catucci
-* Carl Cerecke
-* Mauro Cicognini
-* Gilles Civario
-* Mike Clarkson
-* Steve Clift
-* Dave Cole
-* Matthew Cowles
-* Jeremy Craven
-* Andrew Dalke
-* Ben Darnell
-* L. Peter Deutsch
-* Robert Donohue
-* Fred L. Drake, Jr.
-* Josip Dzolonga
-* Jeff Epler
-* Michael Ernst
-* Blame Andy Eskilsson
-* Carey Evans
-* Martijn Faassen
-* Carl Feynman
-* Dan Finnie
-* Hernán Martínez Foffani
-* Stefan Franke
-* Jim Fulton
-* Peter Funk
-* Lele Gaifax
-* Matthew Gallagher
-* Ben Gertzfield
-* Nadim Ghaznavi
-* Jonathan Giddy
-* Shelley Gooch
-* Nathaniel Gray
-* Grant Griffin
-* Thomas Guettler
-* Anders Hammarquist
-* Mark Hammond
-* Harald Hanche-Olsen
-* Manus Hand
-* Gerhard Häring
-* Travis B. Hartwell
-* Tim Hatch
-* Janko Hauser
-* Bernhard Herzog
-* Magnus L. Hetland
-* Konrad Hinsen
-* Stefan Hoffmeister
-* Albert Hofkamp
-* Gregor Hoffleit
-* Steve Holden
-* Thomas Holenstein
-* Gerrit Holl
-* Rob Hooft
-* Brian Hooper
-* Randall Hopper
-* Michael Hudson
-* Eric Huss
-* Jeremy Hylton
-* Roger Irwin
-* Jack Jansen
-* Philip H. Jensen
-* Pedro Diaz Jimenez
-* Kent Johnson
-* Lucas de Jonge
-* Andreas Jung
-* Robert Kern
-* Jim Kerr
-* Jan Kim
-* Greg Kochanski
-* Guido Kollerie
-* Peter A. Koren
-* Daniel Kozan
-* Andrew M. Kuchling
-* Dave Kuhlman
-* Erno Kuusela
-* Thomas Lamb
-* Detlef Lannert
-* Piers Lauder
-* Glyph Lefkowitz
-* Robert Lehmann
-* Marc-André Lemburg
-* Ross Light
-* Ulf A. Lindgren
-* Everett Lipman
-* Mirko Liss
-* Martin von Löwis
-* Fredrik Lundh
-* Jeff MacDonald
-* John Machin
-* Andrew MacIntyre
-* Vladimir Marangozov
-* Vincent Marchetti
-* Laura Matson
-* Daniel May
-* Rebecca McCreary
-* Doug Mennella
-* Paolo Milani
-* Skip Montanaro
-* Paul Moore
-* Ross Moore
-* Sjoerd Mullender
-* Dale Nagata
-* Ng Pheng Siong
-* Koray Oner
-* Tomas Oppelstrup
-* Denis S. Otkidach
-* Zooko O'Whielacronx
-* William Park
-* Joonas Paalasmaa
-* Harri Pasanen
-* Bo Peng
-* Tim Peters
-* Christopher Petrilli
-* Justin D. Pettit
-* Chris Phoenix
-* François Pinard
-* Paul Prescod
-* Eric S. Raymond
-* Edward K. Ream
-* Sean Reifschneider
-* Bernhard Reiter
-* Armin Rigo
-* Wes Rishel
-* Jim Roskind
-* Guido van Rossum
-* Donald Wallace Rouse II
-* Nick Russo
-* Chris Ryland
-* Constantina S.
-* Hugh Sasse
-* Bob Savage
-* Scott Schram
-* Neil Schemenauer
-* Barry Scott
-* Joakim Sernbrant
-* Justin Sheehy
-* Charlie Shepherd
-* Michael Simcich
-* Ionel Simionescu
-* Michael Sloan
-* Gregory P. Smith
-* Roy Smith
-* Clay Spence
-* Nicholas Spies
-* Tage Stabell-Kulo
-* Frank Stajano
-* Anthony Starks
-* Greg Stein
-* Peter Stoehr
-* Mark Summerfield
-* Reuben Sumner
-* Kalle Svensson
-* Jim Tittsler
-* Ville Vainio
-* Martijn Vries
-* Charles G. Waldman
-* Greg Ward
-* Barry Warsaw
-* Corran Webster
-* Glyn Webster
-* Bob Weiner
-* Eddy Welbourne
-* Jeff Wheeler
-* Mats Wichmann
-* Gerry Wiener
-* Timothy Wild
-* Collin Winter
-* Blake Winton
-* Dan Wolfe
-* Steven Work
-* Thomas Wouters
-* Ka-Ping Yee
-* Rory Yorke
-* Moshe Zadka
-* Milan Zamazal
-* Cheng Zhang
+.. acks::
+
+   * Aahz
+   * Michael Abbott
+   * Steve Alexander
+   * Jim Ahlstrom
+   * Fred Allen
+   * A. Amoroso
+   * Pehr Anderson
+   * Oliver Andrich
+   * Jesús Cea Avión
+   * Daniel Barclay
+   * Chris Barker
+   * Don Bashford
+   * Anthony Baxter
+   * Bennett Benson
+   * Jonathan Black
+   * Robin Boerdijk
+   * Michal Bozon
+   * Aaron Brancotti
+   * Georg Brandl
+   * Keith Briggs
+   * Lee Busby
+   * Lorenzo M. Catucci
+   * Carl Cerecke
+   * Mauro Cicognini
+   * Gilles Civario
+   * Mike Clarkson
+   * Steve Clift
+   * Dave Cole
+   * Matthew Cowles
+   * Jeremy Craven
+   * Andrew Dalke
+   * Ben Darnell
+   * L. Peter Deutsch
+   * Robert Donohue
+   * Fred L. Drake, Jr.
+   * Josip Dzolonga
+   * Jeff Epler
+   * Michael Ernst
+   * Blame Andy Eskilsson
+   * Carey Evans
+   * Martijn Faassen
+   * Carl Feynman
+   * Dan Finnie
+   * Hernán Martínez Foffani
+   * Stefan Franke
+   * Jim Fulton
+   * Peter Funk
+   * Lele Gaifax
+   * Matthew Gallagher
+   * Ben Gertzfield
+   * Nadim Ghaznavi
+   * Jonathan Giddy
+   * Shelley Gooch
+   * Nathaniel Gray
+   * Grant Griffin
+   * Thomas Guettler
+   * Anders Hammarquist
+   * Mark Hammond
+   * Harald Hanche-Olsen
+   * Manus Hand
+   * Gerhard Häring
+   * Travis B. Hartwell
+   * Tim Hatch
+   * Janko Hauser
+   * Bernhard Herzog
+   * Magnus L. Hetland
+   * Konrad Hinsen
+   * Stefan Hoffmeister
+   * Albert Hofkamp
+   * Gregor Hoffleit
+   * Steve Holden
+   * Thomas Holenstein
+   * Gerrit Holl
+   * Rob Hooft
+   * Brian Hooper
+   * Randall Hopper
+   * Michael Hudson
+   * Eric Huss
+   * Jeremy Hylton
+   * Roger Irwin
+   * Jack Jansen
+   * Philip H. Jensen
+   * Pedro Diaz Jimenez
+   * Kent Johnson
+   * Lucas de Jonge
+   * Andreas Jung
+   * Robert Kern
+   * Jim Kerr
+   * Jan Kim
+   * Greg Kochanski
+   * Guido Kollerie
+   * Peter A. Koren
+   * Daniel Kozan
+   * Andrew M. Kuchling
+   * Dave Kuhlman
+   * Erno Kuusela
+   * Thomas Lamb
+   * Detlef Lannert
+   * Piers Lauder
+   * Glyph Lefkowitz
+   * Robert Lehmann
+   * Marc-André Lemburg
+   * Ross Light
+   * Ulf A. Lindgren
+   * Everett Lipman
+   * Mirko Liss
+   * Martin von Löwis
+   * Fredrik Lundh
+   * Jeff MacDonald
+   * John Machin
+   * Andrew MacIntyre
+   * Vladimir Marangozov
+   * Vincent Marchetti
+   * Laura Matson
+   * Daniel May
+   * Rebecca McCreary
+   * Doug Mennella
+   * Paolo Milani
+   * Skip Montanaro
+   * Paul Moore
+   * Ross Moore
+   * Sjoerd Mullender
+   * Dale Nagata
+   * Ng Pheng Siong
+   * Koray Oner
+   * Tomas Oppelstrup
+   * Denis S. Otkidach
+   * Zooko O'Whielacronx
+   * William Park
+   * Joonas Paalasmaa
+   * Harri Pasanen
+   * Bo Peng
+   * Tim Peters
+   * Christopher Petrilli
+   * Justin D. Pettit
+   * Chris Phoenix
+   * François Pinard
+   * Paul Prescod
+   * Eric S. Raymond
+   * Edward K. Ream
+   * Sean Reifschneider
+   * Bernhard Reiter
+   * Armin Rigo
+   * Wes Rishel
+   * Jim Roskind
+   * Guido van Rossum
+   * Donald Wallace Rouse II
+   * Nick Russo
+   * Chris Ryland
+   * Constantina S.
+   * Hugh Sasse
+   * Bob Savage
+   * Scott Schram
+   * Neil Schemenauer
+   * Barry Scott
+   * Joakim Sernbrant
+   * Justin Sheehy
+   * Charlie Shepherd
+   * Michael Simcich
+   * Ionel Simionescu
+   * Michael Sloan
+   * Gregory P. Smith
+   * Roy Smith
+   * Clay Spence
+   * Nicholas Spies
+   * Tage Stabell-Kulo
+   * Frank Stajano
+   * Anthony Starks
+   * Greg Stein
+   * Peter Stoehr
+   * Mark Summerfield
+   * Reuben Sumner
+   * Kalle Svensson
+   * Jim Tittsler
+   * Ville Vainio
+   * Martijn Vries
+   * Charles G. Waldman
+   * Greg Ward
+   * Barry Warsaw
+   * Corran Webster
+   * Glyn Webster
+   * Bob Weiner
+   * Eddy Welbourne
+   * Jeff Wheeler
+   * Mats Wichmann
+   * Gerry Wiener
+   * Timothy Wild
+   * Collin Winter
+   * Blake Winton
+   * Dan Wolfe
+   * Steven Work
+   * Thomas Wouters
+   * Ka-Ping Yee
+   * Rory Yorke
+   * Moshe Zadka
+   * Milan Zamazal
+   * Cheng Zhang

Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst

@@ -545,9 +545,9 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the CVS logs for all the details.
   (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
 
 * Another change to the :mod:`collections` module is that the 
-  :class:`deque` type now supports an optional `maxlen` parameter;
+  :class:`deque` type now supports an optional *maxlen* parameter;
   if supplied, the deque's size will be restricted to no more 
-  than ``maxlen`` items.  Adding more items to a full deque causes
+  than *maxlen* items.  Adding more items to a full deque causes
   old items to be discarded.
 
   ::