diff -r 34881ee3eec5 Doc/library/enum.rst
--- a/Doc/library/enum.rst	Mon Jun 16 11:14:47 2014 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/enum.rst	Thu Jun 19 16:19:25 2014 -0700
@@ -579,22 +579,21 @@ Avoids having to specify the value for e
     ...     green = ()
     ...     blue = ()
     ...
     >>> Color.green.value == 2
     True
 
 .. note::
 
     The :meth:`__new__` method, if defined, is used during creation of the Enum
     members; it is then replaced by Enum's :meth:`__new__` which is used after
-    class creation for lookup of existing members.  Due to the way Enums are
-    supposed to behave, there is no way to customize Enum's :meth:`__new__`.
+    class creation for lookup of existing members.
 
 
 OrderedEnum
 ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 An ordered enumeration that is not based on :class:`IntEnum` and so maintains
 the normal :class:`Enum` invariants (such as not being comparable to other
 enumerations)::
 
     >>> class OrderedEnum(Enum):
@@ -736,14 +735,18 @@ Likewise, the :attr:`__members__` is onl
 
 If you give your :class:`Enum` subclass extra methods, like the `Planet`_
 class above, those methods will show up in a :func:`dir` of the member,
 but not of the class::
 
     >>> dir(Planet)
     ['EARTH', 'JUPITER', 'MARS', 'MERCURY', 'NEPTUNE', 'SATURN', 'URANUS', 'VENUS', '__class__', '__doc__', '__members__', '__module__']
     >>> dir(Planet.EARTH)
     ['__class__', '__doc__', '__module__', 'name', 'surface_gravity', 'value']
 
-A :meth:`__new__` method will only be used for the creation of the
-:class:`Enum` members -- after that it is replaced.  This means if you wish to
-change how :class:`Enum` members are looked up you either have to write a
-helper function or a :func:`classmethod`.
+The :meth:`__new__` method will only be used for the creation of the
+:class:`Enum` members -- after that it is replaced.  Any custom :meth:`__new__`
+method must create the object and set the :attr:`_value_` attribute
+appropriately.
+
+If you wish to change how :class:`Enum` members are looked up you should either
+write a helper function or a :func:`classmethod` for the :class:`Enum`
+subclass.