diff -r ab162f925761 Doc/reference/expressions.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst	Mon Jul 11 01:39:35 2011 +0200
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst	Mon Jul 11 14:57:53 2011 +0300
@@ -654,12 +654,18 @@
    case for functions implemented in C that use :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple` to
    parse their arguments.
 
+.. index::
+  statement: *
+
 If there are more positional arguments than there are formal parameter slots, a
 :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised, unless a formal parameter using the syntax
 ``*identifier`` is present; in this case, that formal parameter receives a tuple
 containing the excess positional arguments (or an empty tuple if there were no
 excess positional arguments).
 
+.. index::
+  statement: **
+
 If any keyword argument does not correspond to a formal parameter name, a
 :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised, unless a formal parameter using the syntax
 ``**identifier`` is present; in this case, that formal parameter receives a