#13387: add note about checking the exact type in assertIsInstance doc.

ezio-melotti · ezio-melotti · commit fabf0275a91a · 2011-11-18T18:59:36.000+02:00
diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@ 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:: 3.2
 
