Looking into the summary table, there's no information about the `bytes` built-in alias for `str`:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html

IMHO it should appear in this table (as str, unicode, bytearray) with the appropriate `.. versionadded:`.

Here's a patch.  Do you think it should be added under the string signature too?  It will make linking easier, but it might be more confusing for users.

Ezio, what do you mean with "string signature"?

For me, the patch looks fine as it is.

I mean here: https://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html#str

Your patch right now generates the line:

  New in version 2.6: bytes() has been added as an alias for str()

at the end of the paragraph for str().

To me, that is sufficient for the description of str().

If anything, we could add a separate paragraph for bytes(), after the paragraph for bytearray(), e.g. like this:

----------------------------------

.. function:: bytes()

   Alias for :func:`str`.

   .. versionadded:: 2.6

----------------------------------

If that is what you had in mind, I think it is a good idea to add it.

Andy

As 2.7 has now reached EOL, I'm closing the issue.