diff -r a624b86264a4 Doc/library/os.rst
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst	Mon Jul 04 11:44:46 2011 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst	Mon Jul 04 10:58:14 2011 -0700
@@ -1665,8 +1665,9 @@
 
    Generate a :const:`SIGABRT` signal to the current process.  On Unix, the default
    behavior is to produce a core dump; on Windows, the process immediately returns
-   an exit code of ``3``.  Be aware that programs which use :func:`signal.signal`
-   to register a handler for :const:`SIGABRT` will behave differently.
+   an exit code of ``3``.  Be aware that calling this function will not call the
+   Python signal handler registered for :const:`SIGABRT` with
+   :func:`signal.signal`.
 
    Availability: Unix, Windows.