Index: Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
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--- Lib/test/test_pydoc.py	(revision 0)
+++ Lib/test/test_pydoc.py	(revision 0)
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+from test import test_support
+import unittest
+import distutils
+import pydoc
+
+class PyDocTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_describe(self):
+        class C:
+            pass
+        c = C()
+        self.failUnlessEqual(pydoc.describe(c), 'instance of C')
+
+def test_main():
+    distutils.log.set_threshold(distutils.log.WARN)
+    test_support.run_unittest(PyDocTest)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()