diff --git a/py/io/capture.py b/py/io/capture.py
index 40e8f7646..695da63fc 100644
--- a/py/io/capture.py
+++ b/py/io/capture.py
@@ -72,3 +72,4 @@ def callcapture(func, *args, **kwargs):
     finally: 
         out, err = so.reset()
     return res, out, err 
+
diff --git a/py/io/dupfile.py b/py/io/dupfile.py
index 8a927af58..d272ce42d 100644
--- a/py/io/dupfile.py
+++ b/py/io/dupfile.py
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 import os
 
 def dupfile(f, mode=None, buffering=0, raising=False): 
+    """ return a new open file object that's a duplicate of f
+
+        mode is duplicated if not given, buffering controls 
+        buffer size (defaulting to no buffering) and raising
+        defines whether an exception is raised when an incompatible
+        file object is passed in (if raising is False, the file
+        object itself will be returned)
+    """
     try: 
         fd = f.fileno() 
     except AttributeError: 
@@ -11,3 +19,4 @@ def dupfile(f, mode=None, buffering=0, raising=False):
     newfd = os.dup(fd) 
     mode = mode and mode or f.mode
     return os.fdopen(newfd, mode, buffering) 
+