diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.rst b/Doc/library/collections.rst
index 6b02576d05a..b10569b7173 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.rst
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ function::
     >>> getattr(p, 'x')
     11
 
-To cast a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_::
+To convert a dictionary to a named tuple, use the double-star-operator [#]_::
 
    >>> d = {'x': 11, 'y': 22}
    >>> Point(**d)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index dd9982af3c2..5a6387a7797 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import unittest
+import unittest, doctest
 from test import test_support
 from collections import namedtuple
 from collections import Hashable, Iterable, Iterator
@@ -304,10 +304,12 @@ class TestCollectionABCs(unittest.TestCase):
             self.failUnless(issubclass(sample, MutableSequence))
         self.failIf(issubclass(basestring, MutableSequence))
 
+import doctest, collections
+NamedTupleDocs = doctest.DocTestSuite(module=collections)
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     import collections as CollectionsModule
-    test_classes = [TestNamedTuple, TestOneTrickPonyABCs, TestCollectionABCs]
+    test_classes = [TestNamedTuple, NamedTupleDocs, TestOneTrickPonyABCs, TestCollectionABCs]
     test_support.run_unittest(*test_classes)
     test_support.run_doctest(CollectionsModule, verbose)