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+:mod:`xml.etree` --- The ElementTree API for XML
+================================================
+
+.. module:: xml.etree
+ :synopsis: Package containing common ElementTree modules.
+.. moduleauthor:: Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com>
+
+
+.. versionadded:: 2.5
+
+The ElementTree package is a simple, efficient, and quite popular library for
+XML manipulation in Python. The :mod:`xml.etree` package contains the most
+common components from the ElementTree API library. In the current release,
+this package contains the :mod:`ElementTree`, :mod:`ElementPath`, and
+:mod:`ElementInclude` modules from the full ElementTree distribution.
+
+.. % XXX To be continued!
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+ `ElementTree Overview <http://effbot.org/tag/elementtree>`_
+ The home page for :mod:`ElementTree`. This includes links to additional
+ documentation, alternative implementations, and other add-ons.
+