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diff --git a/libbe/util/subproc.py b/libbe/util/subproc.py
index b10f84a..412ed36 100644
--- a/libbe/util/subproc.py
+++ b/libbe/util/subproc.py
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@ def invoke(args, stdin=None, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, expect=(0,),
return status, stdout, stderr
class Pipe (object):
- """
- Simple interface for executing POSIX-style pipes based on the
- subprocess module. The only complication is the adaptation of
- subprocess.Popen._comminucate to listen to the stderrs of all
- processes involved in the pipe, as well as the terminal process'
- stdout. There are two implementations of Pipe._communicate, one
- for MS Windows, and one for POSIX systems. The MS Windows
- implementation is currently untested.
+ """Simple interface for executing POSIX-style pipes.
+
+ Based on the `subprocess` module. The only complication is the
+ adaptation of `subprocess.Popen._communicate` to listen to the
+ stderrs of all processes involved in the pipe, as well as the
+ terminal process' stdout. There are two implementations of
+ `Pipe._communicate`, one for MS Windows, and one for POSIX
+ systems. The MS Windows implementation is currently untested.
>>> p = Pipe([['find', '/etc/'], ['grep', '^/etc/ssh$']])
>>> p.stdout