Patch #1550786: ellipsis literal.
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 362d769..83277f4 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@
 
 \item[Ellipsis]
 This type has a single value.  There is a single object with this value.
-This object is accessed through the built-in name \code{Ellipsis}.
-It is used to indicate the presence of the \samp{...} syntax in a
-slice.  Its truth value is true.
+This object is accessed through the literal \code{...} or the
+built-in name \code{Ellipsis}.  Its truth value is true.
 \obindex{Ellipsis}
 
 \item[Numbers]
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index 34a827c..6aa6de1 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@
 contains at least one comma, the key is a tuple containing the
 conversion of the slice items; otherwise, the conversion of the lone
 slice item is the key.  The conversion of a slice item that is an
-expression is that expression.  The conversion of an ellipsis slice
-item is the built-in \code{Ellipsis} object.  The conversion of a
+expression is that expression.  The conversion of a
 proper slice is a slice object (see section \ref{types}) whose
 \member{start}, \member{stop} and \member{step} attributes are the
 values of the expressions given as lower bound, upper bound and