diff --git a/Doc/library/profile.rst b/Doc/library/profile.rst
index 959d9b98a84691..bd67fe486abf77 100644
--- a/Doc/library/profile.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/profile.rst
@@ -444,9 +444,10 @@ Analysis of the profiler data is done using the :class:`~pstats.Stats` class.
significant entries. Initially, the list is taken to be the complete set
of profiled functions. Each restriction is either an integer (to select a
count of lines), or a decimal fraction between 0.0 and 1.0 inclusive (to
- select a percentage of lines), or a regular expression (to pattern match
- the standard name that is printed. If several restrictions are provided,
- then they are applied sequentially. For example::
+ select a percentage of lines), or a string that will interpreted as a
+ regular expression (to pattern match the standard name that is printed).
+ If several restrictions are provided, then they are applied sequentially.
+ For example::
print_stats(.1, 'foo:')
diff --git a/Lib/pstats.py b/Lib/pstats.py
index d861413d4195f7..2c5bf981b85cf8 100644
--- a/Lib/pstats.py
+++ b/Lib/pstats.py
@@ -48,11 +48,14 @@ class Stats:
printed.
The sort_stats() method now processes some additional options (i.e., in
- addition to the old -1, 0, 1, or 2). It takes an arbitrary number of
- quoted strings to select the sort order. For example sort_stats('time',
- 'name') sorts on the major key of 'internal function time', and on the
- minor key of 'the name of the function'. Look at the two tables in
- sort_stats() and get_sort_arg_defs(self) for more examples.
+ addition to the old -1, 0, 1, or 2 that are respectively interpreted as
+ 'stdname', 'calls', 'time', and 'cumulative'). It takes an arbitrary number
+ of quoted strings to select the sort order.
+
+ For example sort_stats('time', 'name') sorts on the major key of 'internal
+ function time', and on the minor key of 'the name of the function'. Look at
+ the two tables in sort_stats() and get_sort_arg_defs(self) for more
+ examples.
All methods return self, so you can string together commands like:
Stats('foo', 'goo').strip_dirs().sort_stats('calls').\
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