--- functions.rst.orig	2010-09-08 20:12:37.000000000 +0100
+++ functions.rst	2010-09-08 20:22:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -684,6 +684,9 @@
    used for :meth:`list.sort`.  The *key* argument, if supplied, must be in keyword
    form (for example, ``max(a,b,c,key=func)``).
 
+   When the iterable is not empty, this is equivalent to ``sorted(iterable,
+   key=key, reverse=True)[0]``
+
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       Added support for the optional *key* argument.
 
@@ -698,6 +701,9 @@
    used for :meth:`list.sort`.  The *key* argument, if supplied, must be in keyword
    form (for example, ``min(a,b,c,key=func)``).
 
+   When the iterable is not empty, this is equivalent to ``sorted(iterable,
+   key=key, reverse=True)[0]``
+
    .. versionchanged:: 2.5
       Added support for the optional *key* argument.