diff -r f35514dfadf8 Lib/pydoc.py
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py	Thu Oct 20 02:13:23 2011 +0800
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py	Thu Oct 20 02:56:08 2011 +0200
@@ -549,10 +549,16 @@ class HTMLDoc(Doc):
             elif pep:
                 url = 'http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-%04d/' % int(pep)
                 results.append('<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, escape(all)))
+            elif selfdot:
+		    # If what follows to 'self.' is a left parenthesis we have
+		    # matched a method, so a link is added. Otherwise, the
+		    # match is an instance attribute, rendered as strong text.
+		    if text[end:end+1] == '(':
+		        results.append('self.' + self.namelink(name, methods))
+		    else:
+		        results.append('self.<strong>%s</strong>' % name)
             elif text[end:end+1] == '(':
                 results.append(self.namelink(name, methods, funcs, classes))
-            elif selfdot:
-                results.append('self.<strong>%s</strong>' % name)
             else:
                 results.append(self.namelink(name, classes))
             here = end