diff --git a/Lib/pydoc.py b/Lib/pydoc.py
index 1e333398b88..911291b2e8f 100755
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ def formattree(self, tree, modname, parent=None):
                     entry, modname, c)
         return '<dl>\n%s</dl>\n' % result
 
-    def docmodule(self, object, name=None, mod=None):
+    def docmodule(self, object, name=None, mod=None, *ignored):
         """Produce HTML documentation for a module object."""
         name = object.__name__ # ignore the passed-in name
         parts = split(name, '.')
@@ -601,7 +601,8 @@ def docmodule(self, object, name=None, mod=None):
 
         return result
 
-    def docclass(self, object, name=None, mod=None, funcs={}, classes={}):
+    def docclass(self, object, name=None, mod=None, funcs={}, classes={},
+                 *ignored):
         """Produce HTML documentation for a class object."""
         realname = object.__name__
         name = name or realname
@@ -800,7 +801,7 @@ def docroutine(self, object, name=None, mod=None,
             doc = doc and '<dd><tt>%s</tt></dd>' % doc
             return '<dl><dt>%s</dt>%s</dl>\n' % (decl, doc)
 
-    def docother(self, object, name=None, mod=None):
+    def docother(self, object, name=None, mod=None, *ignored):
         """Produce HTML documentation for a data object."""
         lhs = name and '<strong>%s</strong> = ' % name or ''
         return lhs + self.repr(object)
diff --git a/Lib/test/pydocfodder.py b/Lib/test/pydocfodder.py
index 7ccac5e40ff..becdf2250e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pydocfodder.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pydocfodder.py
@@ -177,3 +177,34 @@ def CD_method(self):
         "Method defined in C and D."
     def D_method(self):
         "Method defined in D."
+
+class FunkyProperties(object):
+    """From SF bug 472347, by Roeland Rengelink.
+
+    Property getters etc may not be vanilla functions or methods,
+    and this used to make GUI pydoc blow up.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.desc = {'x':0}
+
+    class get_desc:
+        def __init__(self, attr):
+            self.attr = attr
+        def __call__(self, inst):
+            print 'Get called', self, inst
+            return inst.desc[self.attr]
+    class set_desc:
+        def __init__(self, attr):
+            self.attr = attr
+        def __call__(self, inst, val):
+            print 'Set called', self, inst, val
+            inst.desc[self.attr] = val
+    class del_desc:
+        def __init__(self, attr):
+            self.attr = attr
+        def __call__(self, inst):
+            print 'Del called', self, inst
+            del inst.desc[self.attr]
+
+    x = property(get_desc('x'), set_desc('x'), del_desc('x'), 'prop x')