*** /home/skip/anaconda3/envs/anaconda/lib/python3.6/functools.py~	2017-03-22 19:55:37.000000000 -0500
--- /home/skip/anaconda3/envs/anaconda/lib/python3.6/functools.py	2017-04-21 18:32:55.149942493 -0500
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                  # Assume __get__ returning something new indicates the
                  # creation of an appropriate callable
                  result = partial(new_func, *self.args, **self.keywords)
+                 result.__doc__ = self.func.__doc__
                  try:
                      result.__self__ = new_func.__self__
                  except AttributeError: