diff -r 0d9e4ce1c010 Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Tue Aug 30 00:27:10 2011 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Tue Aug 30 22:05:02 2011 -0400
@@ -1327,6 +1327,31 @@
    breaks are not included in the resulting list unless *keepends* is given and
    true.
 
+   Strings can have the following line boundaries:
+
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | Representation        | Description                 |
+   +=======================+=============================+
+   | ``"\n"``              | Line Feed                   |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\r"``              | Carriage Return             |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\r\n"``            | Carriage Return + Line Feed |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\x0b"``            | Line Tabulation             |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\x0c"``            | Form Feed                   |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\x85"``            | Next Line (C1 Control Code) |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\u2028"``          | Line Separator              |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+   | ``"\u2029"``          | Paragraph Separator         |
+   +-----------------------+-----------------------------+
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+      ``\x0b`` and ``\x0c`` added to list of line boundaries.
+
 
 .. method:: str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]])