diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 44eb5d8..5b54622 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1145,14 +1145,6 @@
    .. versionadded:: 2.2
 
 
-.. function:: trunc(x)
-
-   Return the :class:`Real` value *x* truncated to an :class:`Integral` (usually
-   a long integer). Delegates to ``x.__trunc__()``.
-
-   .. versionadded:: 2.6
-
-
 .. function:: tuple([iterable])
 
    Return a tuple whose items are the same and in the same order as *iterable*'s
diff --git a/Doc/library/math.rst b/Doc/library/math.rst
index b111dd1..47ebadb 100644
--- a/Doc/library/math.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/math.rst
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
    Return the fractional and integer parts of *x*.  Both results carry the sign of
    *x*, and both are floats.
 
+
+.. function:: trunc(x)
+
+   Return the :class:`Real` value *x* truncated to an :class:`Integral` (usually
+   a long integer). Delegates to ``x.__trunc__()``.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+
 Note that :func:`frexp` and :func:`modf` have a different call/return pattern
 than their C equivalents: they take a single argument and return a pair of
 values, rather than returning their second return value through an 'output
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_abstract_numbers.py b/Lib/test/test_abstract_numbers.py
index 19bfc79..0c1f28d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_abstract_numbers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_abstract_numbers.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 """Unit tests for numbers.py."""
 
-import unittest
-from test import test_support
-from numbers import Number
-from numbers import Exact, Inexact
-from numbers import Complex, Real, Rational, Integral
+import math
 import operator
+import unittest
+from numbers import Complex, Real, Rational, Integral
+from numbers import Exact, Inexact
+from numbers import Number
+from test import test_support
 
 class TestNumbers(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_int(self):
@@ -49,8 +50,8 @@
         self.failUnless(issubclass(complex, Inexact))
 
         c1, c2 = complex(3, 2), complex(4,1)
-        # XXX: This is not ideal, but see the comment in builtin_trunc().
-        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, trunc, c1)
+        # XXX: This is not ideal, but see the comment in math_trunc().
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, math.trunc, c1)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, float, c1)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, int, c1)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index a1e2a12..59a9dcd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -1766,38 +1766,6 @@
                 raise ValueError
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, sum, BadSeq())
 
-    def test_trunc(self):
-
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(1), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-1), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(type(trunc(1)), int)
-        self.assertEqual(type(trunc(1.5)), int)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(1.5), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-1.5), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(1.999999), 1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-1.999999), -1)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-0.999999), -0)
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(-100.999), -100)
-
-        class TestTrunc(object):
-            def __trunc__(self):
-                return 23
-
-        class TestNoTrunc(object):
-            pass
-
-        self.assertEqual(trunc(TestTrunc()), 23)
-
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, 1, 2)
-        # XXX: This is not ideal, but see the comment in builtin_trunc().
-        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, trunc, TestNoTrunc())
-
-        t = TestNoTrunc()
-        t.__trunc__ = lambda *args: args
-        self.assertEquals((), trunc(t))
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, trunc, t, 0)
-
     def test_tuple(self):
         self.assertEqual(tuple(()), ())
         t0_3 = (0, 1, 2, 3)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
index 0ea4a36..0c8852c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_decimal.py
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 """
 from __future__ import with_statement
 
-import unittest
 import glob
+import math
 import os, sys
 import pickle, copy
+import unittest
 from decimal import *
 from test.test_support import (TestSkipped, run_unittest, run_doctest,
                                is_resource_enabled)
@@ -1225,7 +1226,7 @@
             # should work the same as to_integral in the ROUND_DOWN mode
             d = Decimal(s)
             r = d.to_integral(ROUND_DOWN)
-            self.assertEqual(Decimal(trunc(d)), r)
+            self.assertEqual(Decimal(math.trunc(d)), r)
 
 class ContextAPItests(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_math.py b/Lib/test/test_math.py
index 16f0f4d..e0e72f5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_math.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_math.py
@@ -237,6 +237,37 @@
         self.ftest('tanh(0)', math.tanh(0), 0)
         self.ftest('tanh(1)+tanh(-1)', math.tanh(1)+math.tanh(-1), 0)
 
+    def test_trunc(self):
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(1), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-1), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(type(math.trunc(1)), int)
+        self.assertEqual(type(math.trunc(1.5)), int)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(1.5), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-1.5), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(1.999999), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-1.999999), -1)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-0.999999), -0)
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(-100.999), -100)
+
+        class TestTrunc(object):
+            def __trunc__(self):
+                return 23
+
+        class TestNoTrunc(object):
+            pass
+
+        self.assertEqual(math.trunc(TestTrunc()), 23)
+
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc, 1, 2)
+        # XXX: This is not ideal, but see the comment in math_trunc().
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, math.trunc, TestNoTrunc())
+
+        t = TestNoTrunc()
+        t.__trunc__ = lambda *args: args
+        self.assertEquals((), math.trunc(t))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, math.trunc, t, 0)
+
     def testCopysign(self):
         self.assertEqual(math.copysign(1, 42), 1.0)
         self.assertEqual(math.copysign(0., 42), 0.0)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_rational.py b/Lib/test/test_rational.py
index b97922c..3c3d1f9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_rational.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_rational.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(R.from_float(0.0).approximate(10000), R(0))
 
     def testConversions(self):
-        self.assertTypedEquals(-1, trunc(R(-11, 10)))
+        self.assertTypedEquals(-1, math.trunc(R(-11, 10)))
         self.assertTypedEquals(-1, int(R(-11, 10)))
 
         self.assertEquals(False, bool(R(0, 1)))
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@
         # Because 10**23 can't be represented exactly as a float:
         self.assertFalse(R(10**23) == float(10**23))
         # The first test demonstrates why these are important.
-        self.assertFalse(1e23 < float(R(trunc(1e23) + 1)))
-        self.assertTrue(1e23 < R(trunc(1e23) + 1))
-        self.assertFalse(1e23 <= R(trunc(1e23) - 1))
-        self.assertTrue(1e23 > R(trunc(1e23) - 1))
-        self.assertFalse(1e23 >= R(trunc(1e23) + 1))
+        self.assertFalse(1e23 < float(R(math.trunc(1e23) + 1)))
+        self.assertTrue(1e23 < R(math.trunc(1e23) + 1))
+        self.assertFalse(1e23 <= R(math.trunc(1e23) - 1))
+        self.assertTrue(1e23 > R(math.trunc(1e23) - 1))
+        self.assertFalse(1e23 >= R(math.trunc(1e23) + 1))
 
     def testBigComplexComparisons(self):
         self.assertFalse(R(10**23) == complex(10**23))
diff --git a/Modules/mathmodule.c b/Modules/mathmodule.c
index 6469bde..cdc3057 100644
--- a/Modules/mathmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mathmodule.c
@@ -155,6 +155,21 @@
       "tanh(x)\n\nReturn the hyperbolic tangent of x.")
 
 static PyObject *
+math_trunc(PyObject *self, PyObject *number)
+{
+        /* XXX: The py3k branch gets better errors for this by using
+           _PyType_Lookup(), but since float's mro isn't set in py2.6,
+           we just use PyObject_CallMethod here. */
+	return PyObject_CallMethod(number, "__trunc__", NULL);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(math_trunc_doc,
+"trunc(x:Real) -> Integral\n"
+"\n"
+"Truncates x to the nearest Integral toward 0. Uses the __trunc__ magic"
+"method.");
+
+static PyObject *
 math_frexp(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -377,6 +392,7 @@
 	{"sqrt",	math_sqrt,	METH_O,		math_sqrt_doc},
 	{"tan",		math_tan,	METH_O,		math_tan_doc},
 	{"tanh",	math_tanh,	METH_O,		math_tanh_doc},
+ 	{"trunc",	math_trunc,	METH_O,		math_trunc_doc},
 	{NULL,		NULL}		/* sentinel */
 };
 
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index cd74758..fe691fc 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2044,20 +2044,6 @@
 Without arguments, equivalent to locals().\n\
 With an argument, equivalent to object.__dict__.");
 
-static PyObject *
-builtin_trunc(PyObject *self, PyObject *number)
-{
-        /* XXX: The py3k branch gets better errors for this by using
-           _PyType_Lookup(), but since float's mro isn't set in py2.6,
-           we just use PyObject_CallMethod here. */
-	return PyObject_CallMethod(number, "__trunc__", NULL);
-}
-
-PyDoc_STRVAR(trunc_doc,
-"trunc(Real) -> Integral\n\
-\n\
-returns the integral closest to x between 0 and x.");
-
 
 static PyObject*
 builtin_sum(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
@@ -2406,7 +2392,6 @@
  	{"unichr",	builtin_unichr,     METH_VARARGS, unichr_doc},
 #endif
  	{"vars",	builtin_vars,       METH_VARARGS, vars_doc},
- 	{"trunc",	builtin_trunc,      METH_O, trunc_doc},
   	{"zip",         builtin_zip,        METH_VARARGS, zip_doc},
 	{NULL,		NULL},
 };