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diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index 6c8725f..e20bd53 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2999,9 +2999,16 @@ static PyMethodDef builtin_methods[] = {
};
PyDoc_STRVAR(builtin_doc,
-"Built-in functions, exceptions, and other objects.\n\
+"Built-in functions, types, exceptions, and other objects.\n\
\n\
-Noteworthy: None is the `nil' object; Ellipsis represents `...' in slices.");
+This module provides direct access to all 'built-in'\n\
+identifiers of Python; for example, builtins.len is\n\
+the full name for the built-in function len().\n\
+\n\
+This module is not normally accessed explicitly by most\n\
+applications, but can be useful in modules that provide\n\
+objects with the same name as a built-in value, but in\n\
+which the built-in of that name is also needed.");
static struct PyModuleDef builtinsmodule = {
PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,