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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.rst4
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst2
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 0e5ff20008..8ab757194a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -929,10 +929,10 @@ Docstrings can be customized by making direct assignments to the ``__doc__``
fields:
>>> Book = namedtuple('Book', ['id', 'title', 'authors'])
- >>> Book.__doc__ = 'Hardcover book in active collection'
+ >>> Book.__doc__ += ': Hardcover book in active collection'
>>> Book.id.__doc__ = '13-digit ISBN'
>>> Book.title.__doc__ = 'Title of first printing'
- >>> Book.author.__doc__ = 'List of authors sorted by last name'
+ >>> Book.authors.__doc__ = 'List of authors sorted by last name'
Default values can be implemented by using :meth:`_replace` to
customize a prototype instance:
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 29d76b1112..f3db22fa76 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ and improves their substitutability for lists.
Docstrings produced by :func:`~collections.namedtuple` can now be updated::
Point = namedtuple('Point', ['x', 'y'])
- Point.__doc__ = 'ordered pair'
+ Point.__doc__ += ': Cartesian coodinate'
Point.x.__doc__ = 'abscissa'
Point.y.__doc__ = 'ordinate'