http://bugs.python.org/review/19548/diff/13486/Doc/library/codecs.rst File Doc/library/codecs.rst (right): http://bugs.python.org/review/19548/diff/13486/Doc/library/codecs.rst#newcod... Doc/library/codecs.rst:204: (to be encoded by the codec), and ``'\ufffd'`` (``'�'``) for I think the literal replacement character should be removed in this spot, as it's unclean how this character will appear in the target document. http://bugs.python.org/review/19548/