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 format
 ======
 
-Format is a C++ library that provides printf-like formatting functionality.
+Format is an open-source C++ library that provides
+string formatting functionality similar to `str.format
+<http://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#str.format>`__
+in Python.
 
 Features
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