diff --git a/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex b/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex
index a7b4498..1f56b05 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libconsts.tex
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 \end{datadesc}
 
 \begin{datadesc}{Ellipsis}
-  Special value used in conjunction with extended slicing syntax.
+  The same as \code{...}.
+  Special value used mostly in conjunction with extended slicing syntax
+  for user-defined container data types.
   % XXX Someone who understands extended slicing should fill in here.
 \end{datadesc}
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
index ef1b802..d5409e0 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libstdtypes.tex
@@ -2004,12 +2004,12 @@
 
 \subsection{The Ellipsis Object \label{bltin-ellipsis-object}}
 
-This object is used by extended slice notation (see the
+This object is mostly used by extended slice notation (see the
 \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python Reference Manual}).  It supports no
 special operations.  There is exactly one ellipsis object, named
 \constant{Ellipsis} (a built-in name).
 
-It is written as \code{Ellipsis}.
+It is written as \code{Ellipsis} or \code{...}.
 
 \subsection{Boolean Values}
 
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 362d769..83277f4 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -148,9 +148,8 @@
 
 \item[Ellipsis]
 This type has a single value.  There is a single object with this value.
-This object is accessed through the built-in name \code{Ellipsis}.
-It is used to indicate the presence of the \samp{...} syntax in a
-slice.  Its truth value is true.
+This object is accessed through the literal \code{...} or the
+built-in name \code{Ellipsis}.  Its truth value is true.
 \obindex{Ellipsis}
 
 \item[Numbers]
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index 34a827c..6aa6de1 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -411,8 +411,7 @@
 contains at least one comma, the key is a tuple containing the
 conversion of the slice items; otherwise, the conversion of the lone
 slice item is the key.  The conversion of a slice item that is an
-expression is that expression.  The conversion of an ellipsis slice
-item is the built-in \code{Ellipsis} object.  The conversion of a
+expression is that expression.  The conversion of a
 proper slice is a slice object (see section \ref{types}) whose
 \member{start}, \member{stop} and \member{step} attributes are the
 values of the expressions given as lower bound, upper bound and