- Issue #17041: Fix testing when Python is configured with the
  --without-doc-strings option.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index a713314..af19ef7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(wrapper.attr, 'This is a different test')
         self.assertEqual(wrapper.dict_attr, f.dict_attr)
 
+    @test_support.requires_docstrings
     def test_builtin_update(self):
         # Test for bug #1576241
         def wrapper():