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diff --git a/Doc/library/html.entities.rst b/Doc/library/html.entities.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/html.entities.rst
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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ This module defines four dictionaries, :data:`html5`,
Note that the trailing semicolon is included in the name (e.g. ``'gt;'``),
however some of the names are accepted by the standard even without the
semicolon: in this case the name is present with and without the ``';'``.
+ See also :func:`html.unescape`.
.. versionadded:: 3.3
diff --git a/Doc/library/html.rst b/Doc/library/html.rst
index 1107ca9..d0706bc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/html.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/html.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ This module defines utilities to manipulate HTML.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
+
+.. function:: unescape(s)
+
+ Convert all named and numeric character references (e.g. ``>``,
+ ``>``, ``&x3e;``) in the string *s* to the corresponding unicode
+ characters. This function uses the rules defined by the HTML 5 standard
+ for both valid and invalid character references, and the :data:`list of
+ HTML 5 named character references <html.entities.html5>`.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
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Submodules in the ``html`` package are: