compile can also produce AST
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 5b683ab..c2af1e8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -199,11 +199,11 @@
.. function:: compile(source, filename, mode[, flags[, dont_inherit]])
- Compile the *source* into a code object. Code objects can be
+ Compile the *source* into a code object or AST object. Code objects can be
executed by a call to :func:`exec` or evaluated by a call to
- :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a string or an AST object.
- Refer to the :mod:`_ast` module documentation for information on
- how to compile into and from AST objects.
+ :func:`eval`. *source* can either be a string or an AST object. Refer to the
+ :mod:`_ast` module documentation for information on how to compile into and
+ from AST objects.
The *filename* argument should give the file from
which the code was read; pass some recognizable value if it wasn't