From ba3ff1ba7ba9b3920bafc1722c62b8abdb77b93c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 21:36:19 +0000
Subject: Fix the docstring for sys.getrefcount(). Closes SF bug #571759.

---
 Python/sysmodule.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 04c643f..ebf7f39 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -482,8 +482,9 @@ sys_gettotalrefcount(PyObject *self)
 PyDoc_STRVAR(getrefcount_doc,
 "getrefcount(object) -> integer\n\
 \n\
-Return the current reference count for the object.  This includes the\n\
-temporary reference in the argument list, so it is at least 2."
+Return the reference count of object.  The count returned is generally\n\
+one higher than you might expect, because it includes the (temporary)\n\
+reference as an argument to getrefcount()."
 );
 
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
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