diff -r 5a9f2de4dc16 Doc/library/traceback.rst
--- a/Doc/library/traceback.rst	Sun Jan 03 19:37:07 2016 +0530
+++ b/Doc/library/traceback.rst	Fri Jan 08 15:17:18 2016 +0530
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 The module defines the following functions:
 
 
-.. function:: print_tb(traceback, limit=None, file=None)
+.. function:: print_tb(tb, limit=None, file=None)
 
-   Print up to *limit* stack trace entries from *traceback* (starting from
+   Print up to *limit* stack trace entries from traceback object *tb* (starting from
    the caller's frame) if *limit* is positive.  Otherwise, print the last
    ``abs(limit)`` entries.  If *limit* is omitted or ``None``, all entries
    are printed.  If *file* is omitted or ``None``, the output goes to
@@ -33,16 +33,16 @@
        Added negative *limit* support.
 
 
-.. function:: print_exception(type, value, traceback, limit=None, file=None, chain=True)
+.. function:: print_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=None, file=None, chain=True)
 
-   Print exception information and stack trace entries from
-   *traceback* to *file*. This differs from :func:`print_tb` in the following
+   Print exception information and stack trace entries from traceback object
+   *tb* to *file*. This differs from :func:`print_tb` in the following
    ways:
 
-   * if *traceback* is not ``None``, it prints a header ``Traceback (most recent
+   * if *tb* is not ``None``, it prints a header ``Traceback (most recent
      call last):``
-   * it prints the exception *type* and *value* after the stack trace
-   * if *type* is :exc:`SyntaxError` and *value* has the appropriate format, it
+   * it prints the exception *etype* and *value* after the stack trace
+   * if *etype* is :exc:`SyntaxError` and *value* has the appropriate format, it
      prints the line where the syntax error occurred with a caret indicating the
      approximate position of the error.
 
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@
           Added negative *limit* support.
 
 
-.. function:: extract_tb(traceback, limit=None)
+.. function:: extract_tb(tb, limit=None)
 
    Return a list of "pre-processed" stack trace entries extracted from the
-   traceback object *traceback*.  It is useful for alternate formatting of
+   traceback object *tb*.  It is useful for alternate formatting of
    stack traces.  The optional *limit* argument has the same meaning as for
    :func:`print_tb`.  A "pre-processed" stack trace entry is a 4-tuple
    (*filename*, *line number*, *function name*, *text*) representing the
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
    arguments have the same meaning as for :func:`print_stack`.
 
 
-.. function:: format_list(list)
+.. function:: format_list(extracted_list)
 
    Given a list of tuples as returned by :func:`extract_tb` or
    :func:`extract_stack`, return a list of strings ready for printing.  Each string
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
    newlines as well, for those items whose source text line is not ``None``.
 
 
-.. function:: format_exception_only(type, value)
+.. function:: format_exception_only(etype, value)
 
    Format the exception part of a traceback.  The arguments are the exception type
    and value such as given by ``sys.last_type`` and ``sys.last_value``.  The return
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
    occurred is the always last string in the list.
 
 
-.. function:: format_exception(type, value, tb, limit=None, chain=True)
+.. function:: format_exception(etype, value, tb, limit=None, chain=True)
 
    Format a stack trace and the exception information.  The arguments  have the
    same meaning as the corresponding arguments to :func:`print_exception`.  The