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Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:38:38 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [3.13] gh-140873: Fix the singledispatchmethod documentation (GH-141523) (GH-141710)
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[3.13] gh-140873: Fix the singledispatchmethod documentation (GH-141523) (GH-141710)

It does not support non-descriptor callables yet.
(cherry picked from commit d89eb2f984032836e268d1b9af9c2400cddc474e)

Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
index 18c83b1fda17..5dc09d0472d4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
    dispatch>` :term:`generic function`.
 
    To define a generic method, decorate it with the ``@singledispatchmethod``
-   decorator. When defining a function using ``@singledispatchmethod``, note
+   decorator. When defining a method using ``@singledispatchmethod``, note
    that the dispatch happens on the type of the first non-*self* or non-*cls*
    argument::
 
diff --git a/Lib/functools.py b/Lib/functools.py
index 4c1175b815d6..0dee17e5bcde 100644
--- a/Lib/functools.py
+++ b/Lib/functools.py
@@ -947,8 +947,7 @@ def singledispatch(func):
 class singledispatchmethod:
     """Single-dispatch generic method descriptor.
 
-    Supports wrapping existing descriptors and handles non-descriptor
-    callables as instance methods.
+    Supports wrapping existing descriptors.
     """
 
     def __init__(self, func):