From 3d050ddf195a4473051f82e47b969c9b196dfa09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: R David Murray Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 12:59:30 -0400 Subject: #9364: Improve the text printed by help(pydoc) and help(help). --- Lib/pydoc.py | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'Lib/pydoc.py') diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py index 006212b32e..5f128320d2 100755 --- a/Lib/pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ #!/usr/bin/env python3 """Generate Python documentation in HTML or text for interactive use. -In the Python interpreter, do "from pydoc import help" to provide -help. Calling help(thing) on a Python object documents the object. +At the Python interactive prompt, calling help(thing) on a Python object +documents the object, and calling help() starts up an interactive +help session. Or, at the shell command line outside of Python: @@ -1865,7 +1866,7 @@ has the same effect as typing a particular string at the help> prompt. def intro(self): self.output.write(''' -Welcome to Python %s! This is the interactive help utility. +Welcome to Python %s's help utility! If this is your first time using Python, you should definitely check out the tutorial on the Internet at http://docs.python.org/%s/tutorial/. -- cgit v1.2.1