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Doc/c-api/intro.rst

@@ -511,13 +511,12 @@ interpreter can only be used after the interpreter has been initialized.
    module: builtins
    module: __main__
    module: sys
-   module: exceptions
    triple: module; search; path
    single: path (in module sys)
 
 The basic initialization function is :c:func:`Py_Initialize`. This initializes
 the table of loaded modules, and creates the fundamental modules
-:mod:`builtins`, :mod:`__main__`, :mod:`sys`, and :mod:`exceptions`.  It also
+:mod:`builtins`, :mod:`__main__`, and :mod:`sys`.  It also
 initializes the module search path (``sys.path``).
 
 .. index:: single: PySys_SetArgvEx()

Doc/documenting/markup.rst

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ The directives are:
 
    Describes global data in a module, including both variables and values used
    as "defined constants."  Class and object attributes are not documented
-   using this environment.
+   using this directive.
 
 .. describe:: exception
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ The directives are:
    parameters, enclosing optional parameters in brackets.  Default values can be
    given if it enhances clarity.  For example::
 
-      .. function:: Timer.repeat([repeat=3[, number=1000000]])
+      .. function:: repeat([repeat=3[, number=1000000]])
 
    Object methods are not documented using this directive. Bound object methods
    placed in the module namespace as part of the public interface of the module
@@ -217,13 +217,30 @@ The directives are:
 
    Describes an object data attribute.  The description should include
    information about the type of the data to be expected and whether it may be
-   changed directly.
+   changed directly.  This directive should be nested in a class directive,
+   like in this example::
+
+      .. class:: Spam
+
+            Description of the class.
+
+            .. data:: ham
+
+               Description of the attribute.
+
+   If is also possible to document an attribute outside of a class directive,
+   for example if the documentation for different attributes and methods is
+   split in multiple sections.  The class name should then be included
+   explicitly::
+
+      .. data:: Spam.eggs
 
 .. describe:: method
 
    Describes an object method.  The parameters should not include the ``self``
    parameter.  The description should include similar information to that
-   described for ``function``.
+   described for ``function``.  This method should be nested in a class
+   method, like in the example above.
 
 .. describe:: decoratormethod
 

Doc/library/dbm.rst

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ the Oracle Berkeley DB.
    name, such as ``'dbm.ndbm'`` or ``'dbm.gnu'``.
 
 
-.. function:: open(filename, flag='r', mode=0o666)
+.. function:: open(file, flag='r', mode=0o666)
 
-   Open the database file *filename* and return a corresponding object.
+   Open the database file *file* and return a corresponding object.
 
    If the database file already exists, the :func:`whichdb` function is used to
    determine its type and the appropriate module is used; if it does not exist,