@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ instantiation, of which this module provides three different variants:
9999
100100 This class is used to handle the HTTP requests that arrive at the server. By
101101 itself, it cannot respond to any actual HTTP requests; it must be subclassed
102- to handle each request method (e.g. GET or POST).
102+ to handle each request method (for example, `` ' GET' `` or `` ' POST' `` ).
103103 :class: `BaseHTTPRequestHandler ` provides a number of class and instance
104104 variables, and methods for use by subclasses.
105105
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ instantiation, of which this module provides three different variants:
241241 request header it responds back with a ``100 Continue `` followed by ``200
242242 OK `` headers.
243243 This method can be overridden to raise an error if the server does not
244- want the client to continue. For e.g. server can choose to send ``417
244+ want the client to continue. For example, the server can choose to send ``417
245245 Expectation Failed `` as a response header and ``return False ``.
246246
247247 .. versionadded :: 3.2
@@ -518,7 +518,9 @@ Command-line interface
518518
519519:mod: `!http.server ` can also be invoked directly using the :option: `-m `
520520switch of the interpreter. The following example illustrates how to serve
521- files relative to the current directory::
521+ files relative to the current directory:
522+
523+ .. code-block :: bash
522524
523525 python -m http.server [OPTIONS] [port]
524526
@@ -529,7 +531,9 @@ The following options are accepted:
529531.. option :: port
530532
531533 The server listens to port 8000 by default. The default can be overridden
532- by passing the desired port number as an argument::
534+ by passing the desired port number as an argument:
535+
536+ .. code-block :: bash
533537
534538 python -m http.server 9000
535539
@@ -538,7 +542,9 @@ The following options are accepted:
538542 Specifies a specific address to which it should bind. Both IPv4 and IPv6
539543 addresses are supported. By default, the server binds itself to all
540544 interfaces. For example, the following command causes the server to bind
541- to localhost only::
545+ to localhost only:
546+
547+ .. code-block :: bash
542548
543549 python -m http.server --bind 127.0.0.1
544550
@@ -551,7 +557,9 @@ The following options are accepted:
551557
552558 Specifies a directory to which it should serve the files. By default,
553559 the server uses the current directory. For example, the following command
554- uses a specific directory::
560+ uses a specific directory:
561+
562+ .. code-block :: bash
555563
556564 python -m http.server --directory /tmp/
557565
@@ -561,7 +569,9 @@ The following options are accepted:
561569
562570 Specifies the HTTP version to which the server is conformant. By default,
563571 the server is conformant to HTTP/1.0. For example, the following command
564- runs an HTTP/1.1 conformant server::
572+ runs an HTTP/1.1 conformant server:
573+
574+ .. code-block :: bash
565575
566576 python -m http.server --protocol HTTP/1.1
567577
@@ -587,7 +597,9 @@ The following options are accepted:
587597
588598.. option :: --tls-cert
589599
590- Specifies a TLS certificate chain for HTTPS connections::
600+ Specifies a TLS certificate chain for HTTPS connections:
601+
602+ .. code-block :: bash
591603
592604 python -m http.server --tls-cert fullchain.pem
593605
@@ -603,14 +615,16 @@ The following options are accepted:
603615
604616.. option :: --tls-password-file
605617
606- Specifies the password file for password-protected private keys::
618+ Specifies the password file for password-protected private keys:
619+
620+ .. code-block :: bash
607621
608622 python -m http.server \
609623 --tls-cert cert.pem \
610624 --tls-key key.pem \
611625 --tls-password-file password.txt
612626
613- This option requires `--tls-cert`` to be specified.
627+ This option requires `` --tls-cert `` to be specified.
614628
615629 .. versionadded :: 3.14
616630
@@ -628,7 +642,7 @@ to be served.
628642
629643Methods :meth: `BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_header ` and
630644:meth: `BaseHTTPRequestHandler.send_response_only ` assume sanitized input
631- and does not perform input validation such as checking for the presence of CRLF
645+ and do not perform input validation such as checking for the presence of CRLF
632646sequences. Untrusted input may result in HTTP Header injection attacks.
633647
634648Earlier versions of Python did not scrub control characters from the
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