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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 02:31:33 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: bpo-43427:  Separte the method overview from the static method specifics. (GH-24787... 
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bpo-43427:  Separte the method overview from the static method specifics. (GH-24787) (GH-24849)
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diff --git a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
index 0f999c95596a..032d08009f44 100644
--- a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
+++ b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
@@ -1129,8 +1129,8 @@ If you have ever wondered where *self* comes from in regular methods or where
 *cls* comes from in class methods, this is it!
 
 
-Static methods
---------------
+Other kinds of methods
+----------------------
 
 Non-data descriptors provide a simple mechanism for variations on the usual
 patterns of binding functions into methods.
@@ -1153,6 +1153,10 @@ This chart summarizes the binding and its two most useful variants:
       | classmethod     | f(type(obj), \*args) | f(cls, \*args)   |
       +-----------------+----------------------+------------------+
 
+
+Static methods
+--------------
+
 Static methods return the underlying function without changes.  Calling either
 ``c.f`` or ``C.f`` is the equivalent of a direct lookup into
 ``object.__getattribute__(c, "f")`` or ``object.__getattribute__(C, "f")``. As a