diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index db52f5ea08f..faedeee573c 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ This example shows how it all works::
    StopIteration
 
 Having seen the mechanics behind the iterator protocol, it is easy to add
-iterator behavior to your classes.  Define a :meth:`__iter__` method which
+iterator behavior to your classes.  Define an :meth:`__iter__` method which
 returns an object with a :meth:`next` method.  If the class defines
 :meth:`next`, then :meth:`__iter__` can just return ``self``::
 
@@ -710,7 +710,10 @@ returns an object with a :meth:`next` method.  If the class defines
            self.index = self.index - 1
            return self.data[self.index]
 
-   >>> for char in Reverse('spam'):
+   >>> rev = Reverse('spam')
+   >>> iter(rev)
+   <__main__.Reverse object at 0x00A1DB50>
+   >>> for char in rev:
    ...     print char
    ...
    m