diff -r 8bb426d386a5 Doc/library/time.rst
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst	Wed Oct 12 20:18:33 2016 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst	Thu Oct 13 16:38:00 2016 +0530
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@
    local time. If *secs* is not provided or :const:`None`, the current time as
    returned by :func:`.time` is used.  ``ctime(secs)`` is equivalent to
    ``asctime(localtime(secs))``. Locale information is not used by :func:`ctime`.
+   Note that the date field is two characters long, and space padded.
 
 
 .. data:: daylight