Index: Doc/library/functions.rst
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--- Doc/library/functions.rst	(revision 61115)
+++ Doc/library/functions.rst	(working copy)
@@ -489,9 +489,10 @@
 .. function:: hasattr(object, name)
 
    The arguments are an object and a string.  The result is ``True`` if the string
-   is the name of one of the object's attributes, ``False`` if not. (This is
-   implemented by calling ``getattr(object, name)`` and seeing whether it raises an
-   exception or not.)
+   is the name of one of the object's attributes, ``False`` if not. Since hasattr 
+   is implemented by calling ``getattr(object, name)`` and seeing whether it 
+   raises an exception or not, hasattr silences all exceptions except
+   :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` and :exc:`SystemExit`.
 
 
 .. function:: hash(object)