Index: docs/url_dispatch.txt
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--- docs/url_dispatch.txt	(revision 5625)
+++ docs/url_dispatch.txt	(working copy)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
 optional extra arguments dictionary. For example::
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
-        url(r'/index/$', index_view, name="main-view"),
+        url(r'index/$', index_view, name="main-view"),
         ...
     )
 
@@ -506,8 +506,8 @@
 view::
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
-        (r'/archive/(\d{4})/$', archive),
-        (r'/archive-summary/(\d{4})/$', archive, {'summary': True}),
+        (r'archive/(\d{4})/$', archive),
+        (r'archive-summary/(\d{4})/$', archive, {'summary': True}),
     )
 
 This is completely valid, but it leads to problems when you try to do reverse
@@ -524,8 +524,8 @@
 Here's the above example, rewritten to used named URL patterns::
 
     urlpatterns = patterns('',
-        url(r'/archive/(\d{4})/$', archive, name="full-archive"),
-        url(r'/archive-summary/(\d{4})/$', archive, {'summary': True}, "arch-summary"),
+        url(r'archive/(\d{4})/$', archive, name="full-archive"),
+        url(r'archive-summary/(\d{4})/$', archive, {'summary': True}, "arch-summary"),
     )
 
 With these names in place (``full-archive`` and ``arch-summary``), you can