diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index cd819b8d06480a..95b39773857c54 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1346,15 +1346,16 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    single: file object; open() built-in function
 
 .. function:: open(file, mode='r', buffering=-1, encoding=None, errors=None, newline=None, closefd=True, opener=None)
-
+`
    Open *file* and return a corresponding :term:`file object`.  If the file
    cannot be opened, an :exc:`OSError` is raised. See
    :ref:`tut-files` for more examples of how to use this function.
 
    *file* is a :term:`path-like object` giving the pathname (absolute or
-   relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or an
-   integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped.  (If a file descriptor is
-   given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed unless *closefd*
+   relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened,
+   or an object with a ``name`` attribute, or an integer file descriptor
+   of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor is given, 
+   it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed unless *closefd*
    is set to ``False``.)
 
    *mode* is an optional string that specifies the mode in which the file is
@@ -1366,7 +1367,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    *encoding* is not specified the encoding used is platform-dependent:
    :func:`locale.getencoding` is called to get the current locale encoding.
    (For reading and writing raw bytes use binary mode and leave
-   *encoding* unspecified.)  The available modes are:
+   *encoding* unspecified.)  The available modes are:`
 
    .. _filemodes:
 
diff --git a/tatus b/tatus
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6b0511fda0e0a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tatus
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
+index cd819b8d06..cfa6d9620d 100644
+--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
++++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
+@@ -1352,9 +1352,10 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
+    :ref:`tut-files` for more examples of how to use this function.
+ 
+    *file* is a :term:`path-like object` giving the pathname (absolute or
+-   relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened or an
+-   integer file descriptor of the file to be wrapped.  (If a file descriptor is
+-   given, it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed unless *closefd*
++   relative to the current working directory) of the file to be opened,
++   or an object with a ``name`` attribute, or an integer file descriptor
++   of the file to be wrapped. (If a file descriptor is given, 
++   it is closed when the returned I/O object is closed unless *closefd*
+    is set to ``False``.)
+ 
+    *mode* is an optional string that specifies the mode in which the file is