# HG changeset patch
# Parent 3a8ab84de40f6a3b09615bd9f9acef671062c85c
Document how to return from "python-interactive" to GDB.

gdb/ChangeLog:

2012-08-23  Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp@cs.umd.edu>

	Document how to return from "python-interactive" to GDB.
	* doc/gdb.texinfo (Python Commands): Update documentation.
	* python/python.c (_initialize_python): Update documentation.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -22515,7 +22515,8 @@
 @item python-interactive @r{[}@var{command}@r{]}
 @itemx pi @r{[}@var{command}@r{]}
 Without an argument, the @code{python-interactive} command can be used
-to start an interactive Python prompt.
+to start an interactive Python prompt.  To return to @value{GDBN},
+type @code{EOF} (e.g., @samp{Ctrl-D}) on an empty prompt.
 
 Alternatively, a single-line Python command can be given as an
 argument and evaluated.  If the command is an expression, the result
diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c
--- a/gdb/python/python.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,8 @@
 	   python_interactive_command,
 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON
 	   _("\
-Start a Python interactive prompt.\n\
+Start a Python interactive prompt.  To return to GDB, type EOF\n\
+(e.g., Ctrl-D) on an empty prompt.\n\
 \n\
 Alternatively, a single-line Python command can be given as an\n\
 argument, and if the command is an expression, the result will be\n\