diff -r fd53f083768c Doc/faq/programming.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Sat Mar 08 21:40:29 2014 -0500
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst	Tue Mar 11 11:34:51 2014 +0100
@@ -1601,6 +1601,21 @@
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+.. _faq-int-type:
+
+I get an error when I use SomeInteger.__class__ 
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Each value is an object and has a class called as type associated with it. 
+It is stored as ``object.__class__``.
+It is important to take care of how to use integer literals to view its class.
+Integer literals must be parenthesized or spaced before ``.name`` attribute 
+access because ``<literal>.name`` is parsed as ``(<literal>.)name``.
+The tokenizer sees the '.' as making the token a float, and 
+``5.__class__`` is not a valid float token. You can either use it as 
+``(5).__class__`` or as ``5 .__class__``.
+
+
 Modules
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diff -r fd53f083768c Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst	Sat Mar 08 21:40:29 2014 -0500
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst	Tue Mar 11 11:34:51 2014 +0100
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@
 
 Each value is an object, and therefore has a *class* (also called its *type*).
 It is stored as ``object.__class__``.
+See also :ref: `faq-int-type`
 
 
 .. _tut-inheritance: