--- a/mercurial/manifest.py	Fri Oct 10 14:09:37 2014 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/manifest.py	Tue Oct 14 14:42:25 2014 -0400
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
         return dicthelpers.diff(self._flags, d2._flags, "")
 
     def text(self):
+        """Get the full data of this manifest as a bytestring."""
         fl = sorted(self)
         _checkforbidden(fl)