diff -r 0b2d4089180c Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst	Wed Apr 10 17:01:38 2013 -0400
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst	Sat Apr 13 14:34:23 2013 -0400
@@ -1346,7 +1346,7 @@
 .. XXX explain how descriptors interfere here!
 
 
-.. method:: object.__getattr__(self, name)
+.. method:: someclass.__getattr__(self, name)
 
    Called when an attribute lookup has not found the attribute in the usual places
    (i.e. it is not an instance attribute nor is it found in the class tree for
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@
    over attribute access.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__getattribute__(self, name)
+.. method:: someclass.__getattribute__(self, name)
 
    Called unconditionally to implement attribute accesses for instances of the
    class. If the class also defines :meth:`__getattr__`, the latter will not be
@@ -1373,7 +1373,7 @@
    or raise an :exc:`AttributeError` exception. In order to avoid infinite
    recursion in this method, its implementation should always call the base class
    method with the same name to access any attributes it needs, for example,
-   ``object.__getattribute__(self, name)``.
+   ``somebaseclass.__getattribute__(self, name)``.
 
    .. note::
 
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@
       See :ref:`special-lookup`.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__setattr__(self, name, value)
+.. method:: someclass.__setattr__(self, name, value)
 
    Called when an attribute assignment is attempted.  This is called instead of
    the normal mechanism (i.e. store the value in the instance dictionary).
@@ -1390,16 +1390,16 @@
 
    If :meth:`__setattr__` wants to assign to an instance attribute, it should
    call the base class method with the same name, for example,
-   ``object.__setattr__(self, name, value)``.
-
-
-.. method:: object.__delattr__(self, name)
+   ``somebaseclass.__setattr__(self, name, value)``.
+
+
+.. method:: someclass.__delattr__(self, name)
 
    Like :meth:`__setattr__` but for attribute deletion instead of assignment.  This
    should only be implemented if ``del obj.name`` is meaningful for the object.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__dir__(self)
+.. method:: someclass.__dir__(self)
 
    Called when :func:`dir` is called on the object. A sequence must be
    returned. :func:`dir` converts the returned sequence to a list and sorts it.
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@
 class' :attr:`__dict__`.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner)
+.. method:: someclass.__get__(self, instance, owner)
 
    Called to get the attribute of the owner class (class attribute access) or of an
    instance of that class (instance attribute access). *owner* is always the owner
@@ -1428,13 +1428,13 @@
    exception.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__set__(self, instance, value)
+.. method:: someclass.__set__(self, instance, value)
 
    Called to set the attribute on an instance *instance* of the owner class to a
    new value, *value*.
 
 
-.. method:: object.__delete__(self, instance)
+.. method:: someclass.__delete__(self, instance)
 
    Called to delete the attribute on an instance *instance* of the owner class.