diff -r c499cc2c4a06 Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst	Sat Aug 30 00:37:18 2014 +0200
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst	Fri Aug 29 20:51:18 2014 -0400
@@ -64,8 +64,17 @@
       certificate.
 
    For http and https urls, this function returns a
-   :class:`http.client.HTTPResponse` object which has the following
-   :ref:`httpresponse-objects` methods.
+   :class:`http.client.HTTPResponse` object slightly modified. The
+   modifications are:
+   
+   * An url attribute, that records the URL requested, is added to the object
+   
+   * The msg attribute contains the same information as the 
+     :attr:`~http.client.HTTPResponse.reason` attribute --- the reason phrase 
+     returned by server --- instead of the response headers as it is specified 
+     in :class:`~http.client.HTTPResponse`'s documentation. If you need to, 
+     you can retrieve the response headers using the 
+     :meth:`~http.client.HTTPResponse.getheaders` method.
 
    For ftp, file, and data urls and requests explicitly handled by legacy
    :class:`URLopener` and :class:`FancyURLopener` classes, this function