diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 58e80676d1d..2035f7889ee 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -160,8 +160,9 @@ def _split_list(s, predicate):
 def visiblename(name, all=None):
     """Decide whether to show documentation on a variable."""
     # Certain special names are redundant.
-    if name in ('__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__path__',
-                '__module__', '__name__', '__slots__'): return 0
+    _hidden_names = ('__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__path__',
+                     '__module__', '__name__', '__slots__', '__package__')
+    if name in _hidden_names: return 0
     # Private names are hidden, but special names are displayed.
     if name.startswith('__') and name.endswith('__'): return 1
     if all is not None:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
index c78e986e2b8..91a997783c5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pydoc.py
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ FUNCTIONS
 DATA
     __author__ = 'Benjamin Peterson'
     __credits__ = 'Nobody'
-    __package__ = None
     __version__ = '1.2.3.4'
 
 VERSION
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ war</tt></dd></dl>
 <tr><td bgcolor="#55aa55"><tt>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</tt></td><td>&nbsp;</td>
 <td width="100%%"><strong>__author__</strong> = 'Benjamin Peterson'<br>
 <strong>__credits__</strong> = 'Nobody'<br>
-<strong>__package__</strong> = None<br>
 <strong>__version__</strong> = '1.2.3.4'</td></tr></table><p>
 <table width="100%%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 border=0 summary="section">
 <tr bgcolor="#7799ee">
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 686a87fe317..36afc09d6ce 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #3190: Pydoc now hides the automatic module attribute __package__ (the
+  handling is now the same as that of other special attributes like __name__).
+
 - Issue #2885 (partial): The urllib.urlopen() function has been deprecated for
   removal in Python 3.0 in favor of urllib2.urlopen().