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  r84106 | alexander.belopolsky | 2010-08-16 16:17:07 -0400 (Mon, 16 Aug 2010) | 1 line

  Issue #8983: Corrected docstrings.
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diff --git a/Modules/_threadmodule.c b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
index d4a74c8..ad55f6d 100644
--- a/Modules/_threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@
 "allocate_lock() -> lock object\n\
 (allocate() is an obsolete synonym)\n\
 \n\
-Create a new lock object.  See LockType.__doc__ for information about locks.");
+Create a new lock object.  See help(LockType) for information about locks.");
 
 static PyObject *
 thread_get_ident(PyObject *self)