#868845: document <...> reprs.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-
+.. XXX document all delegations to __special__ methods
.. _built-in-funcs:
Built-in Functions
@@ -908,11 +908,13 @@
.. function:: repr(object)
- Return a string containing a printable representation of an object. This is the
- same value yielded by conversions (reverse quotes). It is sometimes useful to be
- able to access this operation as an ordinary function. For many types, this
- function makes an attempt to return a string that would yield an object with the
- same value when passed to :func:`eval`.
+ Return a string containing a printable representation of an object. For many
+ types, this function makes an attempt to return a string that would yield an
+ object with the same value when passed to :func:`eval`, otherwise the
+ representation is a string enclosed in angle brackets that contains the name
+ of the type of the object together with additional information often
+ including the name and address of the object. A class can control what this
+ function returns for its instances by defining a :meth:`__repr__` method.
.. function:: reversed(seq)