minor doc changes

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 29239be..a412f3e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ sys.path.insert(0, source_root)
 #which contains some sphinx extensions used by passlib
 import cloud_sptheme
 
+#hack to make autodoc generate documentation from the correct class...
+from passlib.utils import md4
+md4.md4 = md4._builtin_md4
+
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
diff --git a/passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py b/passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py
index 44192f6..3b3d68f 100644
--- a/passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py
+++ b/passlib/handlers/bcrypt.py
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ class bcrypt(uh.HasManyIdents, uh.HasRounds, uh.HasSalt, uh.HasManyBackends, uh.
 
     * `py-bcrypt <http://www.mindrot.org/projects/py-bcrypt/>`_, if installed.
     * `bcryptor <https://bitbucket.org/ares/bcryptor/overview>`_, if installed.
-    * stdlib :func:`crypt()`, if the host OS supports BCrypt (eg BSD).
+    * stdlib :func:`crypt()`, if the host OS supports BCrypt (eg: BSD).
+    * if no backends are available at runtime,
+      :exc:`~passlib.utils.MissingBackendError` will be raised
+      whenever :meth:`encrypt` or :meth:`verify` are called.
 
     You can see which backend is in use by calling the :meth:`get_backend()` method.
     """
diff --git a/passlib/utils/__init__.py b/passlib/utils/__init__.py
index ac82055..d2c4d8c 100644
--- a/passlib/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/passlib/utils/__init__.py
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ Undef = UndefType()
 NoneType = type(None)
 
 class MissingBackendError(RuntimeError):
-    """error raised if multi-backend handler has no backends;
-    or specific backend not available.
+    """error raised if multi-backend handler has no available backends;
+    or if specifically requested backend is not available.
 
     see :class:`~passlib.utils.handlers.HasManyBackends`.
     """
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ def is_crypt_handler(obj):
         ))
 
 def is_crypt_context(obj):
-    "check if object follows :class:`CryptContext` interface"
+    "check if object appears to be a :class:`~passlib.context.CryptContext` instance"
     return all(hasattr(obj, name) for name in (
         "hash_needs_update",
         "genconfig", "genhash",