diff -r 3aa21b5b145a Doc/library/readline.rst
--- a/Doc/library/readline.rst	Thu Jun 05 15:32:34 2014 -0400
+++ b/Doc/library/readline.rst	Sat Jun 07 12:12:29 2014 -0700
@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@
 interactive prompt  and the prompts offered by the built-in :func:`input`
 function.
 
+.. caution::
+
+   The following will result in deletion of the 'Hello' when a backspace is typed.::
+
+       import sys, readline
+       sys.stdout.write('Hello ')
+       input()
+
+   It is recommended to directly use the :func:`input` function.::
+
+       import readline
+       input('Hello ')
+
 .. note::
 
   On MacOS X the :mod:`readline` module can be implemented using