diff -r d7c4089e9637 Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Fri Jun 01 20:25:36 2012 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Fri Jun 01 14:53:30 2012 -0500
@@ -1353,7 +1353,8 @@
 
    Return a list of the lines in the string, breaking at line boundaries.  Line
    breaks are not included in the resulting list unless *keepends* is given and
-   true.
+   true. This method uses the universal newlines approach to splitting lines. Unlike 
+   ``str.split()`` a trailing empty line is ``not`` included in the resulting list.
 
 
 .. method:: str.startswith(prefix[, start[, end]])