Ok, I now know the answer is to do

print dict.__doc__

Apparently, the print function formats the output. And, yes, the help() function is awesome.
 Thanks to everyone who responded. I'm sending this response primarily to let folks know I g
ot an answer, but also to see if it shows up in the webpage. None of the responses I've gott
en show up there. I suspect it requires the respondent to choose Reply All, as opposed to Re
ply, so I'm testing it. 

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