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That's a start, but I do think "classic class", "old class", and 
"new-style class" should show up in the index to the language 
reference as well.

One obvious (but perhaps not sufficient?) place is the 
programmers note at the bottom of 7.6, class definitions.  
<URL: http://www.python.org/dev/doc/devel/ref/class.html >

Just change:

"For new-style classes, descriptors ..."

to:

"For new-style classes (those inheriting from object), 
descriptors ..."

The language lawyer reference also seems like the right place 
to list all the differences between classic and new classes, but 
I am less certain how to do that properly.  (And it starts to be 
an Enhancement request.)