diff -r 54ab95407288 Lib/pydoc.py --- a/Lib/pydoc.py Mon Mar 03 15:02:04 2014 -0800 +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py Mon Mar 03 20:06:14 2014 -0800 @@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@ elif request in self.keywords: self.showtopic(request) elif request in self.topics: self.showtopic(request) elif request: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output) + else: print("no Python documentation found for %r" % request) elif isinstance(request, Helper): self() else: doc(request, 'Help on %s:', output=self._output) self.output.write('\n')