New submission from Dave Angel: Python 3.3.0 (default, Mar 7 2013, 00:24:38) [GCC 4.6.3] on linux q = open('/dev/null') help(q.close) the entire output is: ------------------------------- Help on built-in function close: close(...) (END) ------------------------------- But close() is NOT a built-in, it's a method. (In Python 2.7.* the output is: ------------------------------- Help on built-in function close: close(...) close() -> None or (perhaps) an integer. Close the file. Sets data attribute .closed to True. A closed file cannot be used for further I/O operations. close() may be called more than once without error. Some kinds of file objects (for example, opened by popen()) may return an exit status upon closing. (END) ------------------------------- which is only partially wrong. ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 191382 nosy: DaveA, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Incorrect and incomplete help docs for close() method _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18249> _______________________________________