Point users to the subprocess module in the docs for os.system, os.spawn*, os.popen2, and the popen2 and commands modules
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex b/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex
index 74e7023..53b8a20 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libcommands.tex
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
return any output generated by the command and, optionally, the exit
status.
+The \module{subprocess} module provides more powerful facilities for
+spawning new processes and retrieving their results. Using the
+\module{subprocess} module is preferable to using the \module{commands}
+module.
+
The \module{commands} module defines the following functions:
@@ -51,3 +56,7 @@
>>> commands.getstatus('/bin/ls')
'-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 13352 Oct 14 1994 /bin/ls'
\end{verbatim}
+
+\begin{seealso}
+ \seemodule{subprocess}{Module for spawning and managing subprocesses.}
+\end{seealso}