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@@ -1135,8 +1135,8 @@ Coroutine
 * **If you built a collection of simple data processing components, you can glue them together into complex arrangements of pipes, branches, merging, etc.**  
 
 ### Helper Decorator
-* **All coroutines must be "primed" by first calling .next()**  
-* **Remembering to call .next() is easy to forget.**  
+* **All coroutines must be "primed" by first calling next()**  
+* **Remembering to call next() is easy to forget.**  
 * **Solved by wrapping coroutines with a decorator:**  
 
 ```python