gh-161414: Remove the backquote from the pydoc symbols (GH-161416)

(cherry picked from commit d003448)

Co-authored-by: Andrés Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: sobolevn <mail@sobolevn.me>
Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <stan@python.org>

Author: 3 people

Lib/pydoc.py

@@ -1886,7 +1886,6 @@ class Helper:
         ':=': 'ASSIGNMENTEXPRESSIONS',
         '_': 'PRIVATENAMES',
         '__': 'PRIVATENAMES SPECIALMETHODS',
-        '`': 'BACKQUOTES',
         '(': 'TUPLES FUNCTIONS CALLS',
         ')': 'TUPLES FUNCTIONS CALLS',
         '[': 'LISTS SUBSCRIPTS SLICINGS',

Lib/test/test_pydoc/test_pydoc.py

@@ -2200,6 +2200,14 @@ def test_keywords(self):
         self.assertEqual(sorted(pydoc.Helper.keywords),
                          sorted(keyword.kwlist + ['case', 'match', 'lazy']))
 
+    def test_symbols(self):
+        # gh-161414
+        for symbol in pydoc.Helper.symbols:
+            with self.subTest(symbol=symbol):
+                buf = StringIO()
+                pydoc.Helper(output=buf).showsymbol(symbol)
+                self.assertNotIn('no documentation found', buf.getvalue())
+
     def test_interact_empty_line_continues(self):
         # gh-138568: test pressing Enter without input should continue in help session
         self.assertEqual(

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-11-05-11-59-58.gh-issue-161414.Xnxe8A.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Remove the backquote from the symbols listed by :func:`help`, asking for help on it reported that no
+documentation was found.