diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
index 8f08cd8fda8..cdc2bf2f1a4 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/interpreter.rst
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ Invoking the Interpreter
 
 The Python interpreter is usually installed as :file:`/usr/local/bin/python3.3`
 on those machines where it is available; putting :file:`/usr/local/bin` in your
-Unix shell's search path makes it possible to start it by typing the command ::
+Unix shell's search path makes it possible to start it by typing the command:
+
+.. code-block:: text
 
    python3.3
 
@@ -94,8 +96,8 @@ prints a welcome message stating its version number and a copyright notice
 before printing the first prompt::
 
    $ python3.3
-   Python 3.3 (py3k, Sep 12 2007, 12:21:02)
-   [GCC 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8)] on linux2
+   Python 3.3 (default, Sep 24 2012, 09:25:04)
+   [GCC 4.6.3] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>>