diff -r 5f23a6557e36 Doc/library/unittest.rst
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst	Sun Mar 13 16:36:08 2011 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst	Mon Mar 14 15:33:56 2011 -0400
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@
    Here, we create two instances of :class:`WidgetTestCase`, each of which runs a
    single test.
 
-   .. versionchanged::
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2
       `TestCase` can be instantiated successfully without providing a method
       name. This makes it easier to experiment with `TestCase` from the
       interactive interpreter.
@@ -792,11 +792,14 @@
       Run the test, collecting the result into the test result object passed as
       *result*.  If *result* is omitted or ``None``, a temporary result
       object is created (by calling the :meth:`defaultTestResult` method) and
-      used. The result object is not returned to :meth:`run`'s caller.
+      used. The result object is returned to :meth:`run`'s caller.
 
       The same effect may be had by simply calling the :class:`TestCase`
       instance.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.3
+         Previous versions of ``run`` did not return the result. Neither did
+         calling an instance.
 
    .. method:: skipTest(reason)
 
diff -r 5f23a6557e36 Lib/unittest/case.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py	Sun Mar 13 16:36:08 2011 -0500
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py	Mon Mar 14 15:33:56 2011 -0400
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@
                         warnings.warn("TestResult has no addExpectedFailure method, reporting as passes",
                                       RuntimeWarning)
                         result.addSuccess(self)
-
+            return result
         finally:
             result.stopTest(self)
             if orig_result is None:
diff -r 5f23a6557e36 Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py	Sun Mar 13 16:36:08 2011 -0500
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/test_case.py	Mon Mar 14 15:33:56 2011 -0400
@@ -386,27 +386,62 @@
         self.assertIsInstance(Foo().id(), str)
 
 
-    # "If result is omitted or None, a temporary result object is created
-    # and used, but is not made available to the caller. As TestCase owns the
+    # "If result is omitted or None, a temporary result object is created,
+    # used, and is made available to the caller. As TestCase owns the
     # temporary result startTestRun and stopTestRun are called.
 
     def test_run__uses_defaultTestResult(self):
         events = []
+        defaultResult = LoggingResult(events)
 
         class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
             def test(self):
                 events.append('test')
 
             def defaultTestResult(self):
-                return LoggingResult(events)
+                return defaultResult
 
         # Make run() find a result object on its own
-        Foo('test').run()
+        result = Foo('test').run()
 
+        self.assertIs(result, defaultResult)
         expected = ['startTestRun', 'startTest', 'test', 'addSuccess',
             'stopTest', 'stopTestRun']
         self.assertEqual(events, expected)
 
+
+    # "The result object is returned to run's caller"
+    def test_run__returns_given_result(self):
+
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test(self):
+                pass
+
+        result = unittest.TestResult()
+
+        retval = Foo('test').run(result)
+        self.assertIs(retval, result)
+
+
+    # "The same effect [as method run] may be had by simply calling the
+    # TestCase instance."
+    def test_call__invoking_an_instance_delegates_to_run(self):
+        resultIn = unittest.TestResult()
+        resultOut = unittest.TestResult()
+
+        class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test(self):
+                pass
+
+            def run(self, result):
+                self.assertIs(result, resultIn)
+                return resultOut
+
+        retval = Foo('test')(resultIn)
+
+        self.assertIs(retval, resultOut)
+
+
     def testShortDescriptionWithoutDocstring(self):
         self.assertIsNone(self.shortDescription())
 
diff -r 5f23a6557e36 Misc/ACKS
--- a/Misc/ACKS	Sun Mar 13 16:36:08 2011 -0500
+++ b/Misc/ACKS	Mon Mar 14 15:33:56 2011 -0400
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@
 Derek Harland
 Jason Harper
 Brian Harring
+Jonathan Hartley
 Larry Hastings
 Shane Hathaway
 Rycharde Hawkes