[3.14] Docs: simplify turtle tutorial's star example code (GH-155232) (#155563)

miss-islington · m-aciek · StanFromIreland · web-flow · commit 3efd623c178f · 2026-08-11T14:50:08.000Z
(cherry picked from commit 7c072c1) Co-authored-by: Maciej Olko <maciej.olko@affirm.com> Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>
diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
@@ -166,14 +166,16 @@ filling can be turned on and off::
 
 Next we'll create a loop::
 
+    start = pos()
+
     while True:
         forward(200)
         left(170)
-        if abs(pos()) < 1:
+        if distance(start) < 1:
             break
 
-``abs(pos()) < 1`` is a good way to know when the turtle is back at its
-home position.
+``distance(start) < 1`` is a good way to know when the turtle is back at its
+start position.
 
 Finally, complete the filling::
 
