diff --git a/doc/ext/doctest.rst b/doc/ext/doctest.rst
index 482e23ca4..bc5878cf6 100644
--- a/doc/ext/doctest.rst
+++ b/doc/ext/doctest.rst
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ names.
 
 .. rst:directive:: .. doctest:: [group]
 
-   A doctest-style code block.  You can use standard :mod:`doctest`
-   flags for controlling how actual output is compared with what you
-   give as output.  The default set of flags is specified by the
-   :confval:`doctest_default_flags` configuration variable.
+   A doctest-style code block.  You can use standard :mod:`doctest` flags for
+   controlling how actual output is compared with what you give as output.  The
+   default set of flags is specified by the :confval:`doctest_default_flags`
+   configuration variable.
 
    This directive supports two options:
 
@@ -175,13 +175,14 @@ There are also these config values for customizing the doctest extension:
 
 .. confval:: doctest_default_flags
 
-   By default, these options are enabled: ``ELLIPSIS`` (allowing you
-   to put ellipses in the expected output that match anything in the
-   actual output), ``IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL`` (everything following
-   the leftmost colon and any module information in the exception name
-   is ignored), ``DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1`` (by default, doctest
-   accepts "True" in the output where "1" is given -- this is a relic
-   of pre-Python 2.2 times).
+   By default, these options are enabled: ``ELLIPSIS`` (allowing you to put
+   ellipses in the expected output that match anything in the actual output),
+   ``IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL`` (everything following the leftmost colon and any
+   module information in the exception name is ignored),
+   ``DONT_ACCEPT_TRUE_FOR_1`` (by default, doctest accepts "True" in the output
+   where "1" is given -- this is a relic of pre-Python 2.2 times).
+
+   .. versionadded:: 1.5
 
 .. confval:: doctest_path