diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -7,26 +7,27 @@
 The Python interpreter has a number of functions built into it that are always
 available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
-===================  =================  ==================  =================  ====================
-..                   ..                 Built-in Functions  ..                 ..
-===================  =================  ==================  =================  ====================
-:func:`abs`          :func:`divmod`     :func:`input`       :func:`open`       :func:`staticmethod`
-:func:`all`          :func:`enumerate`  :func:`int`         :func:`ord`        :func:`str`
-:func:`any`          :func:`eval`       :func:`isinstance`  :func:`pow`        :func:`sum`
-:func:`basestring`   :func:`execfile`   :func:`issubclass`  :func:`print`      :func:`super`
-:func:`bin`          :func:`file`       :func:`iter`        :func:`property`   :func:`tuple`
-:func:`bool`         :func:`filter`     :func:`len`         :func:`range`      :func:`type`
-:func:`bytearray`    :func:`float`      :func:`list`        :func:`raw_input`  :func:`unichr`
-:func:`callable`     :func:`format`     :func:`locals`      :func:`reduce`     :func:`unicode`
-:func:`chr`          |func-frozenset|_  :func:`long`        :func:`reload`     :func:`vars`
-:func:`classmethod`  :func:`getattr`    :func:`map`         |func-repr|_       :func:`xrange`
-:func:`cmp`          :func:`globals`    :func:`max`         :func:`reversed`   :func:`zip`
-:func:`compile`      :func:`hasattr`    |func-memoryview|_  :func:`round`      :func:`__import__`
-:func:`complex`      :func:`hash`       :func:`min`         |func-set|_        :func:`apply`
-:func:`delattr`      :func:`help`       :func:`next`        :func:`setattr`    :func:`buffer`
-|func-dict|_         :func:`hex`        :func:`object`      :func:`slice`      :func:`coerce`
-:func:`dir`          :func:`id`         :func:`oct`         :func:`sorted`     :func:`intern`
-===================  =================  ==================  =================  ====================
+=====================  =================  ==================  ====================  ==================
+..                     ..                 Built-in Functions  ..                    ..
+=====================  =================  ==================  ====================  ==================
+:func:`abs`            :func:`divmod`     :func:`int`         :func:`pow`           :func:`super`
+:func:`all`            :func:`enumerate`  :func:`isinstance`  :func:`print`         :func:`tuple`
+:func:`any`            :func:`eval`       :func:`issubclass`  :func:`property`      :func:`type`
+:func:`basestring`     :func:`execfile`   :func:`iter`        :func:`range`         :func:`unichr`
+:func:`bin`            :func:`file`       :func:`len`         :func:`raw_input`     :func:`unicode`
+:func:`bool`           :func:`filter`     :func:`list`        :func:`reduce`        :func:`vars`
+:func:`bytes() <str>`  :func:`float`      :func:`locals`      :func:`reload`        :func:`xrange`
+:func:`bytearray`      :func:`format`     :func:`long`        |func-repr|_          :func:`zip`
+:func:`callable`       |func-frozenset|_  :func:`map`         :func:`reversed`      :func:`__import__`
+:func:`chr`            :func:`getattr`    :func:`max`         :func:`round`         :func:`apply`
+:func:`classmethod`    :func:`globals`    |func-memoryview|_  |func-set|_           :func:`buffer`
+:func:`cmp`            :func:`hasattr`    :func:`min`         :func:`setattr`       :func:`coerce`
+:func:`compile`        :func:`hash`       :func:`next`        :func:`slice`         :func:`intern`
+:func:`complex`        :func:`help`       :func:`object`      :func:`sorted`
+:func:`delattr`        :func:`hex`        :func:`oct`         :func:`staticmethod`
+|func-dict|_           :func:`id`         :func:`open`        :func:`str`
+:func:`dir`            :func:`input`      :func:`ord`         :func:`sum`
+=====================  =================  ==================  ====================  ==================
 
 .. using :func:`dict` would create a link to another page, so local targets are
    used, with replacement texts to make the output in the table consistent
@@ -1345,6 +1346,9 @@
    :ref:`string-formatting` section. In addition see the :ref:`stringservices`
    section. See also :func:`unicode`.
 
+   .. versionadded:: 2.6
+      :func:`bytes` has been added as an alias for :func:`str`
+
 
 .. function:: sum(iterable[, start])