diff -r 877f47ca3b79 Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst	Tue Jul 07 20:47:49 2015 -0700
+++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst	Wed Jul 08 21:23:16 2015 +0530
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@
 encoding is used for all lexical analysis, including string literals, comments
 and identifiers. The encoding declaration must appear on a line of its own.
 
-.. XXX there should be a list of supported encodings.
+.. XXX there should be a list of supported encodings (Standard and Specific Encodings added).
+A list to `Standard Encodings <https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings>`_ and 'Python Specific Encodings <https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#python-specific-encodings>`_
 
 
 .. _explicit-joining: