diff -r f477ce0d2345 Doc/library/readline.rst
--- a/Doc/library/readline.rst	Tue Jun 07 11:25:43 2016 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst	Wed Jun 08 07:21:43 2016 -0600
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
   of GNU readline. If you programmatically load configuration strings
   you can check for the text "libedit" in :const:`readline.__doc__`
   to differentiate between GNU readline and libedit.
+ 
+Readline keybindings may be configured via an initialization file, typically 
+``.inputrc`` in your home directory; see `GNU readline 
+<https://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rluserman.html#SEC9>`_
+for information about the format and allowable constructs of that file and the 
+capabilities of the readline library in general.
 
 
 Init file