Cleanup the docs ElementTree a bit.

Doc/library/xml.etree.elementtree.rst

@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ Functions
    arguments.  Returns an element instance.
 
 
-.. function:: tostring(element, encoding="us-ascii", method="xml", *,\
+.. function:: tostring(element, encoding="us-ascii", method="xml", *, \
                        short_empty_elements=True)
 
    Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ Functions
       The *short_empty_elements* parameter.
 
 
-.. function:: tostringlist(element, encoding="us-ascii", method="xml", *,\
+.. function:: tostringlist(element, encoding="us-ascii", method="xml", *, \
                            short_empty_elements=True)
 
    Generates a string representation of an XML element, including all
@@ -751,8 +751,8 @@ ElementTree Objects
       section root element.
 
 
-   .. method:: write(file, encoding="us-ascii", xml_declaration=None,\
-                     default_namespace=None, method="xml", *,\
+   .. method:: write(file, encoding="us-ascii", xml_declaration=None, \
+                     default_namespace=None, method="xml", *, \
                      short_empty_elements=True)
 
       Writes the element tree to a file, as XML.  *file* is a file name, or a
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ ElementTree Objects
       *xml_declaration* controls if an XML declaration should be added to the
       file.  Use ``False`` for never, ``True`` for always, ``None``
       for only if not US-ASCII or UTF-8 or Unicode (default is ``None``).
+      *default_namespace* sets the default XML namespace (for "xmlns").
       *method* is either ``"xml"``, ``"html"`` or ``"text"`` (default is
-      ``"xml"``). *default_namespace* sets the default XML namespace (for
-      "xmlns").
+      ``"xml"``).
       The keyword-only *short_empty_elements* parameter controls the formatting
       of elements that contain no content.  If *True* (the default), they are
       emitted as a single self-closed tag, otherwise they are emitted as a pair

Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py

@@ -785,16 +785,16 @@ class ElementTree:
               default_namespace=None,
               method=None, *,
               short_empty_elements=True):
-        """Write the element tree to a file, as XML. 'file_or_filename' is a
-           file name or a file object opened for writing. 'encoding' is the
-           output encoding (default is US-ASCII). 'xml_declaration' controls
-           if an XML declaration should be added to the output. Use False
-           for never, True for always, None for only if not US-ASCII or
-           UTF-8 or Unicode (default is None). 'method' is either "xml"
-           (default), "html", "text" or "c14n".
+        """Write the element tree to a file, as XML.  'file_or_filename' is a
+           file name or a file object opened for writing.
+           'encoding' is the output encoding (default is US-ASCII).
+           'xml_declaration' controls if an XML declaration should be added
+           to the output.  Use False for never, True for always, None for only
+           if not US-ASCII or UTF-8 or Unicode (default is None).
            'default_namespace' sets the default XML namespace (for "xmlns").
+           'method' is either "xml" (default), "html", "text" or "c14n".
            The keyword-only 'short_empty_elements' parameter controls the
-           formatting of elements that contain no content. If True (default),
+           formatting of elements that contain no content.  If True (default),
            they are emitted as a single self-closed tag, otherwise they are
            emitted as a pair of start/end tags.