#1096310: document usage of sys.__std*__ a bit better.
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index 30555c8..6d02109 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -871,9 +871,14 @@
__stderr__
These objects contain the original values of ``stdin``, ``stderr`` and
- ``stdout`` at the start of the program. They are used during finalization, and
- could be useful to restore the actual files to known working file objects in
- case they have been overwritten with a broken object.
+ ``stdout`` at the start of the program. They are used during finalization,
+ and could be useful to print to the actual standard stream no matter if the
+ ``sys.std*`` object has been redirected.
+
+ It can also be used to restore the actual files to known working file objects
+ in case they have been overwritten with a broken object. However, the
+ preferred way to do this is to explicitly save the previous stream before
+ replacing it, and restore the saved object.
.. data:: tracebacklimit