diff -r df50f73f03ca Lib/test/support/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Thu Nov 14 10:06:18 2013 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py	Thu Nov 14 15:28:06 2013 -0600
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "skip_unless_symlink", "requires_gzip", "requires_bz2", "requires_lzma",
     "bigmemtest", "bigaddrspacetest", "cpython_only", "get_attribute",
     "requires_IEEE_754", "skip_unless_xattr", "requires_zlib",
-    "anticipate_failure",
+    "anticipate_failure", "not_implemented",
     # sys
     "is_jython", "check_impl_detail",
     # network
@@ -2134,3 +2134,18 @@
 
     # actually override the attribute
     setattr(object_to_patch, attr_name, new_value)
+
+def not_implemented(func):
+    """Decorator for use on tests which are not yet implemented.
+
+    When run in verbose mode, tests with this decorator will stand out a bit
+    in the test listing due to the docstring and the expected failure.
+    """
+
+    @unittest.expectedFailure
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def test(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    test.__doc__ = "Not implemented: {}".format(test.__qualname__)
+    return test
diff -r df50f73f03ca Lib/test/test_minidom.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_minidom.py	Thu Nov 14 10:06:18 2013 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/test_minidom.py	Thu Nov 14 15:28:06 2013 -0600
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # test for xml.dom.minidom
 
 import pickle
-from test.support import run_unittest, findfile
+from test.support import run_unittest, findfile, not_implemented
 import unittest
 
 import xml.dom.minidom
@@ -360,12 +360,15 @@
                 and el.getAttribute("spam2") == "bam2")
         dom.unlink()
 
+    @not_implemented
     def testGetAttrList(self):
         pass
 
+    @not_implemented
     def testGetAttrValues(self):
         pass
 
+    @not_implemented
     def testGetAttrLength(self):
         pass