diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 778fd40..847500e 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -309,6 +309,12 @@
       keys can be any object with :meth:`__hash__` and :meth:`__eq__` methods.
       Called a hash in Perl.
 
+   dictionary comprehension
+      A compact way to process all or part of the elements in an iterable and
+      return a dictionary with the results. ``results = {n: n ** 2 for n in
+      range(10)}`` generates a dictionary containing key ``n`` mapped to
+      value ``n ** 2``. See :ref:`comprehensions`.
+
    dictionary view
       The objects returned from :meth:`dict.keys`, :meth:`dict.values`, and
       :meth:`dict.items` are called dictionary views. They provide a dynamic
@@ -1027,6 +1033,12 @@
       interface can be registered explicitly using
       :func:`~abc.ABCMeta.register`.
 
+   set comprehension
+      A compact way to process all or part of the elements in an iterable and
+      return a set with the results. ``results = {c for c in 'abracadabra' if
+      c not in 'abc'}`` generates the set of strings ``{'r', 'd'}``.  See
+      :ref:`comprehensions`.
+
    single dispatch
       A form of :term:`generic function` dispatch where the implementation is
       chosen based on the type of a single argument.
diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
index c3f5c04..1de48e1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
@@ -4119,6 +4119,12 @@
    objects.  If *iterable* is not specified, a new empty set is
    returned.
 
+   Sets can be created by several means:
+
+   * Use a comma-separated list of elements within braces: ``{'jack', 'sjoerd'}``
+   * Use a set comprehension: ``{c for c in 'abracadabra' if c not in 'abc'}``
+   * Use the type constructor: ``set()``, ``set('foobar')``, ``set(['a', 'b', 'foo'])``
+
    Instances of :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset` provide the following
    operations:
 
@@ -4311,6 +4317,14 @@
    Return a new dictionary initialized from an optional positional argument
    and a possibly empty set of keyword arguments.
 
+   Dictionaries can be created by several means:
+
+   * Use a comma-separated list of ``key: value`` pairs within braces:
+     ``{'jack': 4098, 'sjoerd': 4127}`` or ``{4098: 'jack', 4127: 'sjoerd'}``
+   * Use a dict comprehension: ``{}``, ``{x: x ** 2 for x in range(10)}``
+   * Use the type constructor: ``dict()``,
+     ``dict([('foo', 100), ('bar', 200)])``, ``dict(foo=100, bar=200)``
+
    If no positional argument is given, an empty dictionary is created.
    If a positional argument is given and it is a mapping object, a dictionary
    is created with the same key-value pairs as the mapping object.  Otherwise,
diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
index f1f19c3..938a973 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@
 Displays for lists, sets and dictionaries
 -----------------------------------------
 
+.. index:: single: comprehensions
+
 For constructing a list, a set or a dictionary Python provides special syntax
 called "displays", each of them in two flavors:
 
@@ -260,6 +262,7 @@
 
 .. index::
    pair: set; display
+   pair: set; comprehensions
    object: set
    single: {} (curly brackets); set expression
    single: , (comma); expression list
@@ -287,6 +290,7 @@
 
 .. index::
    pair: dictionary; display
+   pair: dictionary; comprehensions
    key, datum, key/datum pair
    object: dictionary
    single: {} (curly brackets); dictionary expression
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index f06fad7..9ad9dff 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@
 Jason Curtis
 Hakan Celik
 Paul Dagnelie
+Florian Dahlitz 
 Lisandro Dalcin
 Darren Dale
 Andrew Dalke