4 files changed, 20 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/new.rst b/Doc/library/new.rst
index 6c5a4bf..832dca6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/new.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/new.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ The :mod:`new` module defines the following functions:
    This function will return a method object, bound to *instance*.
    *function* must be callable.
 
+   .. XXX no unbound methods anymore
+
 
 .. function:: function(code, globals[, name[, argdefs[, closure]]])
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/operator.rst b/Doc/library/operator.rst
index 40acc6b..cb89a7f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/operator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/operator.rst
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ objects.
       Use the :func:`callable` built-in function instead.
 
    Returns true if the object *obj* can be called like a function, otherwise it
-   returns false.  True is returned for functions, bound and unbound methods, class
+   returns false.  True is returned for functions, instance methods, class
    objects, and instance objects which support the :meth:`__call__` method.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index 1e81ed9..5c69ed6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -2215,23 +2215,19 @@ two flavors: built-in methods (such as :meth:`append` on lists) and class
 instance methods.  Built-in methods are described with the types that support
 them.
 
-The implementation adds two special read-only attributes to class instance
-methods: ``m.__self__`` is the object on which the method operates, and
-``m.__func__`` is the function implementing the method.  Calling ``m(arg-1,
-arg-2, ..., arg-n)`` is completely equivalent to calling ``m.__func__(
-m.__self__, arg-1, arg-2, ..., arg-n)``.
-
-Class instance methods are either *bound* or *unbound*, referring to whether the
-method was accessed through an instance or a class, respectively.  When a method
-is unbound, its ``__self__`` attribute will be ``None`` and if called, an
-explicit ``self`` object must be passed as the first argument.  In this case,
-``self`` must be an instance of the unbound method's class (or a subclass of
-that class), otherwise a :exc:`TypeError` is raised.
-
-Like function objects, methods objects support getting arbitrary attributes.
-However, since method attributes are actually stored on the underlying function
-object (``meth.__func__``), setting method attributes on either bound or unbound
-methods is disallowed.  Attempting to set a method attribute results in a
+If you access a method (a function defined in a class namespace) through an
+instance, you get a special object: a :dfn:`bound method` (also called
+:dfn:`instance method`) object. When called, it will add the ``self`` argument
+to the argument list.  Bound methods have two special read-only attributes:
+``m.__self__`` is the object on which the method operates, and ``m.__func__`` is
+the function implementing the method.  Calling ``m(arg-1, arg-2, ..., arg-n)``
+is completely equivalent to calling ``m.__func__(m.__self__, arg-1, arg-2, ...,
+arg-n)``.
+
+Like function objects, bound method objects support getting arbitrary
+attributes.  However, since method attributes are actually stored on the
+underlying function object (``meth.__func__``), setting method attributes on
+bound methods is disallowed.  Attempting to set a method attribute results in a
 :exc:`TypeError` being raised.  In order to set a method attribute, you need to
 explicitly set it on the underlying function object::
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/weakref.rst b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
index 3adf318..9a1e076 100644
--- a/Doc/library/weakref.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/weakref.rst
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ directly.  The low-level machinery used by the weak dictionary implementations
 is exposed by the :mod:`weakref` module for the benefit of advanced uses.
 
 Not all objects can be weakly referenced; those objects which can include class
-instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), methods (both bound and
-unbound), sets, frozensets, file objects, :term:`generator`\s, type objects,
-:class:`DBcursor` objects from the :mod:`bsddb` module, sockets, arrays, deques,
-and regular expression pattern objects.
+instances, functions written in Python (but not in C), instance methods, sets,
+frozensets, file objects, :term:`generator`\s, type objects, :class:`DBcursor`
+objects from the :mod:`bsddb` module, sockets, arrays, deques, and regular
+expression pattern objects.
 
 Several builtin types such as :class:`list` and :class:`dict` do not directly
 support weak references but can add support through subclassing::