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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
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@@ -2930,7 +2930,8 @@
 supports no special operations.  There is exactly one ellipsis object, named
 :const:`Ellipsis` (a built-in name).
 
-It is written as ``Ellipsis`` or ``...``.
+It is written as ``Ellipsis``.  When in a subscript, it can also be written as
+``...``, for example ``seq[...]``.
 
 
 The NotImplemented Object