http://bugs.python.org/review/22174/diff/12675/Doc/library/functions.rst File Doc/library/functions.rst (right): http://bugs.python.org/review/22174/diff/12675/Doc/library/functions.rst#new... Doc/library/functions.rst:1111: value. And *doc* creates a docstring for the attribute. Having 3 small and similar sentences separated by a full stop doesn't sound too well to me, and neither does starting the last with "And". What about: """ *fget*, *fset*, and *fdel* are functions used respectively to get, set, and delete an attribute value. *doc* is used to define the docstring of the attribute. """ http://bugs.python.org/review/22174/