bpo-43427: Separte the method overview from the static method specifics. (GH-24787)

rhettinger · web-flow · commit f00e82f8b87c · 2021-03-13T13:46:32.000-08:00
diff --git a/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst b/Doc/howto/descriptor.rst
@@ -1139,8 +1139,8 @@ If you have ever wondered where *self* comes from in regular methods or where
 *cls* comes from in class methods, this is it!
 
 
-Static methods
---------------
+Other kinds of methods
+----------------------
 
 Non-data descriptors provide a simple mechanism for variations on the usual
 patterns of binding functions into methods.
@@ -1163,6 +1163,10 @@ This chart summarizes the binding and its two most useful variants:
       | classmethod     | f(type(obj), \*args) | f(cls, \*args)   |
       +-----------------+----------------------+------------------+
 
+
+Static methods
+--------------
+
 Static methods return the underlying function without changes.  Calling either
 ``c.f`` or ``C.f`` is the equivalent of a direct lookup into
 ``object.__getattribute__(c, "f")`` or ``object.__getattribute__(C, "f")``. As a
