docstring misformatting; added news link

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt
index c9ecf20..e000c56 100644
--- a/docs/index.txt
+++ b/docs/index.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Because of this it is planned that major new development will happen
 outside of Paste.  This makes Paste a very stable and conservative
 piece of infrastructure for building on.  This is the intention.
 
+For up-to-the-minute status see the `news file <news.html>`_.
+
 Paste for Administrators
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/paste-httpserver-threadpool.txt b/docs/paste-httpserver-threadpool.txt
index afd1469..71ea81e 100644
--- a/docs/paste-httpserver-threadpool.txt
+++ b/docs/paste-httpserver-threadpool.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ When a WSGI application is called, it's possible that it will block
 indefinitely.  There's two basic ways you can manage threads:
 
 * Start a thread on every request, close it down when the thread stops
+
 * Start a pool of threads, and reuse those threads for subsequent
   requests
 
@@ -37,12 +38,18 @@ cases.
 The pool tracks all workers threads.  Threads can be in a few states:
 
 * Idle, waiting for a request ("idle")
+
 * Working on a request
+
   - For a reasonable amount of time ("busy")
+
   - For an unreasonably long amount of time ("hung")
+
 * Thread that should die
+
   - An exception has been injected that should kill the thread, but it
     hasn't happened yet ("dying")
+
   - An exception has been injected, but the thread has persisted for
     an unreasonable amount of time ("zombie")