Georg, this was your patch:  http://bugs.python.org/issue1533909

I don't think it should have been accepted so readily.  It is not
harmonious with all of the other proposals for improving timeit.

No that it is out in the wild, I think all you can do is fix-up the docs.

Also, the inner template function should have a func=func argument so
that the func() call is localized.  This affects the timings.  Part of
the concept of the module is to make the surrounding timing apparatus be
as light-weight as possible so that the timings reflect the thing being
timed without being obscured by the overhead of the timing module itself.