Update docs w.r.t. PEP 3100 changes -- patch for GHOP by Dan Finnie.

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diff --git a/Doc/library/imp.rst b/Doc/library/imp.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/imp.rst
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@@ -185,6 +185,19 @@ This module provides an interface to the mechanisms used to implement the
    continue to use the old class definition.  The same is true for derived classes.
 
 
+.. function:: acquire_lock()
+
+   Acquires the interpreter's import lock for the current thread.  This lock should
+   be used by import hooks to ensure thread-safety when importing modules. On
+   platforms without threads, this function does nothing.
+
+
+.. function:: release_lock()
+
+   Release the interpreter's import lock. On platforms without threads, this
+   function does nothing.
+
+
 The following constants with integer values, defined in this module, are used to
 indicate the search result of :func:`find_module`.