diff -r d083b6ead156 Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst
--- a/Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst	Mon Mar 10 11:05:07 2014 +0100
+++ b/Doc/library/tracemalloc.rst	Tue Mar 11 03:32:23 2014 +0100
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ ignoring ``<frozen importlib._bootstrap>
             filename = os.sep.join(frame.filename.split(os.sep)[-2:])
             print("#%s: %s:%s: %.1f KiB"
                   % (index, filename, frame.lineno, stat.size / 1024))
+            line = frame.getline().strip()
+            if line:
+                print('    %s' % line)
 
         other = top_stats[limit:]
         if other:
@@ -218,19 +221,28 @@ ignoring ``<frozen importlib._bootstrap>
 
 Example of output of the Python test suite::
 
-    2013-11-08 14:16:58.149320: Top 10 lines
-    #1: collections/__init__.py:368: 291.9 KiB
-    #2: Lib/doctest.py:1291: 200.2 KiB
-    #3: unittest/case.py:571: 160.3 KiB
-    #4: Lib/abc.py:133: 99.8 KiB
-    #5: urllib/parse.py:476: 71.8 KiB
-    #6: <string>:5: 62.7 KiB
-    #7: Lib/base64.py:140: 59.8 KiB
-    #8: Lib/_weakrefset.py:37: 51.8 KiB
-    #9: collections/__init__.py:362: 50.6 KiB
-    #10: test/test_site.py:56: 48.0 KiB
-    7496 other: 4161.9 KiB
-    Total allocated size: 5258.8 KiB
+    Top 10 lines
+    #1: Lib/base64.py:414: 419.8 KiB
+        _b85chars2 = [(a + b) for a in _b85chars for b in _b85chars]
+    #2: Lib/base64.py:306: 419.8 KiB
+        _a85chars2 = [(a + b) for a in _a85chars for b in _a85chars]
+    #3: collections/__init__.py:368: 293.6 KiB
+        exec(class_definition, namespace)
+    #4: Lib/abc.py:133: 115.2 KiB
+        cls = super().__new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace)
+    #5: unittest/case.py:574: 103.1 KiB
+        testMethod()
+    #6: Lib/linecache.py:127: 95.4 KiB
+        lines = fp.readlines()
+    #7: urllib/parse.py:476: 71.8 KiB
+        for a in _hexdig for b in _hexdig}
+    #8: <string>:5: 62.0 KiB
+    #9: Lib/_weakrefset.py:37: 60.0 KiB
+        self.data = set()
+    #10: Lib/base64.py:142: 59.8 KiB
+        _b32tab2 = [a + b for a in _b32tab for b in _b32tab]
+    6220 other: 3602.8 KiB
+    Total allocated size: 5303.1 KiB
 
 See :meth:`Snapshot.statistics` for more options.
 
diff -r d083b6ead156 Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py	Mon Mar 10 11:05:07 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tracemalloc.py	Tue Mar 11 03:32:23 2014 +0100
@@ -532,6 +532,20 @@ class TestSnapshot(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(tb.format(limit=-1),
                              [])
 
+    def test_frame_getline(self):
+        snapshot, snapshot2 = create_snapshots()
+        def getline(filename, lineno):
+            return '<%s,%s>' % (filename, lineno)
+        with unittest.mock.patch('tracemalloc.linecache.getline',
+                                 side_effect=getline):
+            tb = snapshot.traces[0].traceback
+            self.assertEqual(tb.getline(),
+                             '<a.py,2>')
+            self.assertEqual(tb[0].getline(),
+                             '<a.py,2>')
+            self.assertEqual(tb[1].getline(),
+                             '<b.py,4>')
+
 
 class TestFilters(unittest.TestCase):
     maxDiff = 2048
diff -r d083b6ead156 Lib/tracemalloc.py
--- a/Lib/tracemalloc.py	Mon Mar 10 11:05:07 2014 +0100
+++ b/Lib/tracemalloc.py	Tue Mar 11 03:32:23 2014 +0100
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ class Frame:
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<Frame filename=%r lineno=%r>" % (self.filename, self.lineno)
 
+    def getline(self):
+        return linecache.getline(self.filename, self.lineno)
+
 
 @total_ordering
 class Traceback(Sequence):
@@ -209,6 +212,9 @@ class Traceback(Sequence):
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<Traceback %r>" % (tuple(self),)
 
+    def getline(self):
+        return self[0].getline()
+
     def format(self, limit=None):
         lines = []
         if limit is not None and limit < 0:
@@ -216,7 +222,7 @@ class Traceback(Sequence):
         for frame in self[:limit]:
             lines.append('  File "%s", line %s'
                          % (frame.filename, frame.lineno))
-            line = linecache.getline(frame.filename, frame.lineno).strip()
+            line = frame.getline().strip()
             if line:
                 lines.append('    %s' % line)
         return lines