diff -r 4924b0ce72c0 Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst	Sun Nov 02 12:32:26 2014 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst	Sun Nov 02 13:04:18 2014 -0500
@@ -358,11 +358,12 @@
 
 .. function:: enumerate(iterable, start=0)
 
-   Return an enumerate object. *iterable* must be a sequence, an
-   :term:`iterator`, or some other object which supports iteration.
-   The :meth:`~iterator.__next__` method of the iterator returned by
-   :func:`enumerate` returns a tuple containing a count (from *start* which
-   defaults to 0) and the values obtained from iterating over *iterable*.
+   Return an enumerate object which when :term`iterated <iterable>` yields a
+   two element :ref:`typesseq-tuple <tuple>` for each element in *iterable*,
+   each tuple consisting of the sequence number of the element (beginning with
+   *start*, which defaults to ``0``) paired with the element itself.
+   *iterable* must be a sequence, an iterator, or some other object which
+   supports iteration.
 
       >>> seasons = ['Spring', 'Summer', 'Fall', 'Winter']
       >>> list(enumerate(seasons))
diff -r 4924b0ce72c0 Objects/enumobject.c
--- a/Objects/enumobject.c	Sun Nov 02 12:32:26 2014 -0500
+++ b/Objects/enumobject.c	Sun Nov 02 13:04:18 2014 -0500
@@ -177,10 +177,12 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(enum_doc,
 "enumerate(iterable[, start]) -> iterator for index, value of iterable\n"
 "\n"
-"Return an enumerate object.  iterable must be another object that supports\n"
-"iteration.  The enumerate object yields pairs containing a count (from\n"
-"start, which defaults to zero) and a value yielded by the iterable argument.\n"
-"enumerate is useful for obtaining an indexed list:\n"
+"Return an enumerate object which when iterated yields a two element tuple\n"
+"for each element in iterable, each tuple consisting of the sequence\n"
+"number of the element (beginning with start, which defaults to zero)\n"
+"paired with the element itself.  iterable must be a sequence, an\n"
+"iterator, or some other object which supports iteration.  enumerate is\n"
+"useful for obtaining an indexed list:\n"
 "    (0, seq[0]), (1, seq[1]), (2, seq[2]), ...");
 
 PyTypeObject PyEnum_Type = {