Clarify the behavior of the staticmethod builtin (GH-4362)
diff --git a/Objects/funcobject.c b/Objects/funcobject.c
index 2add874..4fab358 100644
--- a/Objects/funcobject.c
+++ b/Objects/funcobject.c
@@ -838,7 +838,8 @@
...
It can be called either on the class (e.g. C.f()) or on an instance
- (e.g. C().f()); the instance is ignored except for its class.
+ (e.g. C().f()). Both the class and the instance are ignored, and
+ neither is passed implicitly as the first argument to the method.
Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++.
For a more advanced concept, see class methods above.
@@ -945,7 +946,8 @@
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It can be called either on the class (e.g. C.f()) or on an instance\n\
-(e.g. C().f()). The instance is ignored except for its class.\n\
+(e.g. C().f()). Both the class and the instance are ignored, and\n\
+neither is passed implicitly as the first argument to the method.\n\
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Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++.\n\
For a more advanced concept, see the classmethod builtin.");