diff -r f0a3c2006adb Doc/library/locale.rst
--- a/Doc/library/locale.rst	Fri Mar 15 03:41:35 2013 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/locale.rst	Fri Mar 15 10:45:31 2013 +0100
@@ -385,10 +385,10 @@
    ``str(float)``, but takes the decimal point into account.
 
 
-.. function:: atof(string)
+.. function:: atof(string, func=float)
 
    Converts a string to a floating point number, following the :const:`LC_NUMERIC`
-   settings.
+   settings using the parser *func*.
 
 
 .. function:: atoi(string)