From aa512f05a40774e0d6656d6bcafeaf3511dc039b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:59:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] #13387: add note about checking the exact type in
 assertIsInstance doc.

---
 Doc/library/unittest.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 16a3a36695d..3d8a84db38e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -895,6 +895,8 @@ Test cases
 
       Test that *obj* is (or is not) an instance of *cls* (which can be a
       class or a tuple of classes, as supported by :func:`isinstance`).
+      To check for a specific type (without including superclasses) use
+      :func:`assertIs(type(obj), cls) <assertIs>`.
 
       .. versionadded:: 2.7