Make “pydoc somebuiltin.somemethod” work (#8887)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #8887: "pydoc somebuiltin.somemethod" (or help('somebuiltin.somemethod')
+  in Python code) now finds the doc of the method.
+
 - Issue #12603: Fix pydoc.synopsis() on files with non-negative st_mtime.
 
 - Issue #12514: Use try/finally to assure the timeit module restores garbage