diff --git a/doc/en/mark.rst b/doc/en/mark.rst
index 5801dccde..ad9aaca4b 100644
--- a/doc/en/mark.rst
+++ b/doc/en/mark.rst
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-
 .. _mark:
 
 Marking test functions with attributes
-=================================================================
-
+======================================
 
 By using the ``pytest.mark`` helper you can easily set
 metadata on your test functions. There are
@@ -164,4 +162,4 @@ More details can be found in the `original PR <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pyt
 .. note::
 
     in a future major relase of pytest we will introduce class based markers,
-    at which point markers will no longer be limited to instances of :py:class:`Mark`
+    at which point markers will no longer be limited to instances of :py:class:`Mark`.
diff --git a/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst b/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst
index 8684a0431..39ee9ae63 100644
--- a/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst
+++ b/doc/en/writing_plugins.rst
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ import ``helper.py`` normally.  The contents of
    pytest.register_assert_rewrite("pytest_foo.helper")
 
 
-
 Requiring/Loading plugins in a test module or conftest file
 -----------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
index 0bb525a45..d6bceba02 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/fixtures.py
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ def fixture(scope="function", params=None, autouse=False, ids=None, name=None):
     :arg params: an optional list of parameters which will cause multiple
                 invocations of the fixture function and all of the tests
                 using it.
+                The current parameter is available in ``request.param``.
 
     :arg autouse: if True, the fixture func is activated for all tests that
                 can see it.  If False (the default) then an explicit
diff --git a/src/_pytest/nose.py b/src/_pytest/nose.py
index 13dda68e7..492388260 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/nose.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/nose.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import sys
 
 import six
 
+import pytest
 from _pytest import python
 from _pytest import runner
 from _pytest import unittest
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
     if call.excinfo and call.excinfo.errisinstance(get_skip_exceptions()):
         # let's substitute the excinfo with a pytest.skip one
         call2 = runner.CallInfo.from_call(
-            lambda: runner.skip(six.text_type(call.excinfo.value)), call.when
+            lambda: pytest.skip(six.text_type(call.excinfo.value)), call.when
         )
         call.excinfo = call2.excinfo
 
diff --git a/src/_pytest/runner.py b/src/_pytest/runner.py
index 1f09f42e8..7fb343d4e 100644
--- a/src/_pytest/runner.py
+++ b/src/_pytest/runner.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ from .reports import CollectReport
 from .reports import TestReport
 from _pytest._code.code import ExceptionInfo
 from _pytest.outcomes import Exit
-from _pytest.outcomes import skip
 from _pytest.outcomes import Skipped
 from _pytest.outcomes import TEST_OUTCOME
 
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ def call_and_report(item, when, log=True, **kwds):
 def check_interactive_exception(call, report):
     return call.excinfo and not (
         hasattr(report, "wasxfail")
-        or call.excinfo.errisinstance(skip.Exception)
+        or call.excinfo.errisinstance(Skipped)
         or call.excinfo.errisinstance(bdb.BdbQuit)
     )