diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst
index ffe8426..a629bc5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/idle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ View Last Restart
 Restart Shell
   Restart the shell to clean the environment.
 
+Interrupt Execution
+  Stop a running program.
+
 Debug menu (Shell window only)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt
index a879c17..e12e03f 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/README.txt
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/README.txt
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ Edit
   Show surrounding parens  # parenmatch (& Hyperparser)
 
 Shell  # pyshell
-  View Last Restart# pyshell.?
-  Restart Shell    # pyshell.?
+  View Last Restart    # pyshell.?
+  Restart Shell        # pyshell.?
+  Interrupt Execution  # pyshell.?
 
 Debug (Shell only)
   Go to File/Line
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/mainmenu.py b/Lib/idlelib/mainmenu.py
index 965ada3..65345cd 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/mainmenu.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/mainmenu.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ menudefs = [
  ('shell', [
    ('_View Last Restart', '<<view-restart>>'),
    ('_Restart Shell', '<<restart-shell>>'),
+   None,
+   ('_Interrupt Execution', '<<interrupt-execution>>'),
    ]),
  ('debug', [
    ('_Go to File/Line', '<<goto-file-line>>'),