diff -r ba1c48f8b571 Modules/_io/iobase.c
--- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c	Wed Aug 15 23:16:51 2012 +0200
+++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c	Tue Aug 28 01:19:45 2012 +0300
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
     "\n"
     "If limit is specified, at most limit bytes will be read.\n"
     "\n"
-    "The line terminator is always b'\n' for binary files; for text\n"
+    "The line terminator is always b'\\n' for binary files; for text\n"
     "files, the newlines argument to open can be used to select the line\n"
     "terminator(s) recognized.\n");