diff -r 45707b4547ea Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst	Thu Jun 02 16:44:10 2016 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst	Thu Jun 02 17:09:36 2016 -0700
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
    :class:`URLopener` and :class:`FancyURLopener` classes, this function
    returns a :class:`urllib.response.addinfourl` object.
 
-   Raises :exc:`~urllib.error.URLError` on errors.
+   Raises :exc:`~urllib.error.URLError` on protocol errors.
 
    Note that ``None`` may be returned if no handler handles the request (though
    the default installed global :class:`OpenerDirector` uses
diff -r 45707b4547ea Lib/urllib/request.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/request.py	Thu Jun 02 16:44:10 2016 -0400
+++ b/Lib/urllib/request.py	Thu Jun 02 17:09:36 2016 -0700
@@ -173,12 +173,7 @@
     The *cadefault* parameter is ignored.
 
     For http and https urls, this function returns a http.client.HTTPResponse
-    object which has the following HTTPResponse Objects methods.
-
-    For ftp, file, and data urls and requests explicitly handled by legacy
-    URLopener and FancyURLopener classes, this function returns a
-    urllib.response.addinfourl object which can work as context manager and has
-    methods such as:
+    object which has the following HTTPResponse Objects methods:
 
     * geturl() - return the URL of the resource retrieved, commonly used to
       determine if a redirect was followed
@@ -190,6 +185,11 @@
     * getcode() - return the HTTP status code of the response.  Raises URLError
       on errors.
 
+    For ftp, file, and data urls and requests explicitly handled by legacy
+    URLopener and FancyURLopener classes, this function returns a
+    urllib.response.addinfourl object which can work as context manager and 
+    also support the geturl(), info(), getcode() methods listed above.
+
     Note that *None& may be returned if no handler handles the request (though
     the default installed global OpenerDirector uses UnknownHandler to ensure
     this never happens).