diff --git a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
index f018b0e..315c4e1 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
@@ -279,10 +279,17 @@ they are invoked from an object or a class.  In pure python, it works like
 this::
 
     class Function(object):
-        . . .
+        def __init__(self, f):
+            self.f = f
+
         def __get__(self, obj, objtype=None):
             "Simulate func_descr_get() in Objects/funcobject.c"
-            return types.MethodType(self, obj, objtype)
+            if obj is Null:
+                # Get from a class returns a function
+                return self.f
+            else:
+                # Get from an instance returns a bound method
+                return types.MethodType(self.f, obj)
 
 Running the interpreter shows how the function descriptor works in practice::
 
@@ -293,8 +300,8 @@ Running the interpreter shows how the function descriptor works in practice::
     >>> d = D()
     >>> D.__dict__['f'] # Stored internally as a function
     <function f at 0x00C45070>
-    >>> D.f             # Get from a class becomes an unbound method
-    <unbound method D.f>
+    >>> D.f             # Get from a class becomes a function as well
+    <function f at 0x00C45070>
     >>> d.f             # Get from an instance becomes a bound method
     <bound method D.f of <__main__.D object at 0x00B18C90>>