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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 409f6c4..3c38b95 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -703,10 +703,10 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. Return true if the *object* argument is an instance of the *classinfo* argument, or of a (direct, indirect or :term:`virtual <abstract base class>`) subclass thereof. If *object* is not - an object of the given type, the function always returns false. If - *classinfo* is not a class (type object), it may be a tuple of type objects, - or may recursively contain other such tuples (other sequence types are not - accepted). If *classinfo* is not a type or tuple of types and such tuples, + an object of the given type, the function always returns false. + If *classinfo* is a tuple of type objects (or recursively, other such + tuples), return true if *object* is an instance of any of the types. + If *classinfo* is not a type or tuple of types and such tuples, a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised. |