From: Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 03:48:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: DOC: fix documentation for copyright and credits (GH-5706)
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DOC: fix documentation for copyright and credits (GH-5706)

Adapt documentation for `copyright` and `credits` to reality.  Previously, the documentation implied that all each of `copyright`,
`credits`, and `license`, would print a message to call the object in order to see the full text.  In reality, only `license` exhibits this
behaviour, and `copyright` and `credit` print their full text either when printed, displayed, or called.
---

diff --git a/Doc/library/constants.rst b/Doc/library/constants.rst
index 469a3eed60..78f1619636 100644
--- a/Doc/library/constants.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/constants.rst
@@ -86,10 +86,14 @@ should not be used in programs.
    specified exit code.
 
 .. data:: copyright
-          license
           credits
 
-   Objects that when printed, print a message like "Type license() to see the
-   full license text", and when called, display the corresponding text in a
+   Objects that when printed or called, print the text of copyright or
+   credits, respectively.
+
+.. data:: license
+
+   Object that when printed, prints the message "Type license() to see the
+   full license text", and when called, displays the full license text in a
    pager-like fashion (one screen at a time).