diff -r 61e6ac40c816 Doc/library/filecmp.rst
--- a/Doc/library/filecmp.rst	Thu Jul 05 20:57:33 2012 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/filecmp.rst	Fri Jul 06 22:43:37 2012 -0700
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@
    to compute are used.
 
 
+   .. attribute:: left
+
+      The directory *a*.
+
+
+   .. attribute:: right
+
+      The directory *b*.
+
+
    .. attribute:: left_list
 
       Files and subdirectories in *a*, filtered by *hide* and *ignore*.
diff -r 61e6ac40c816 Misc/ACKS
--- a/Misc/ACKS	Thu Jul 05 20:57:33 2012 +0200
+++ b/Misc/ACKS	Fri Jul 06 22:43:37 2012 -0700
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
 Julien Jehannet
 Drew Jenkins
+Chris Jerdonek
 Flemming Kjær Jensen
 MunSic Jeong
 Jim Jewett
diff -r 61e6ac40c816 Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Thu Jul 05 20:57:33 2012 +0200
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Fri Jul 06 22:43:37 2012 -0700
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
     * C frames that are garbage-collecting
     * C frames that are due to the invocation of a PyCFunction
 
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #15269: Document dircmp.left and dircmp.right in filecmp.
+
 Build
 -----
 
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@
 
 - Issue #15176: Clarified behavior, documentation, and implementation
   of os.listdir().
-  
+
 - Issue #15061: Re-implemented hmac.compare_digest() in C to prevent further
   timing analysis and to support all buffer protocol aware objects as well as
   ASCII only str instances safely.