From ff57aefa97bf82719b893fd9ed1d2b5f4ef51d04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 17:16:09 -0400
Subject: update notes to talk about -X showrefcount

---
 Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt
index 646ac23..732cb00 100644
--- a/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt
+++ b/Misc/SpecialBuilds.txt
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ Py_REF_DEBUG
 ------------
 
 Turn on aggregate reference counting.  This arranges that extern _Py_RefTotal
-hold a count of all references, the sum of ob_refcnt across all objects.  In a
-debug-mode build, this is where the "8288" comes from in
+hold a count of all references, the sum of ob_refcnt across all objects.
+Passing ``-X showrefcount`` on the command line causes the interactive
+interpreter to print the reference count total as well the number of memory
+blocks allocated after each statement:
 
     >>> 23
     23
-    [8288 refs]
+    [8288 refs, 14332 blocks]
     >>>
 
 Note that if this count increases when you're not storing away new objects,
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