@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
6060   platforms, this is equivalent to calling the function :func: `normpath ` as
6161   follows: ``normpath(join(os.getcwd(), path)) ``.
6262
63+    .. seealso ::  
64+       :func: `os.path.join ` - for combining paths in an OS-independent way.
65+ 
6366   .. versionchanged :: 3.6 
6467      Accepts a :term: `path-like object `.
6568
@@ -239,7 +242,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
239242
240243.. function :: isabs(path) 
241244
242-    Return ``True `` if *path * is an absolute pathname.  On Unix, that means it
245+    Return ``True `` if *path * is an absolute pathname. 
246+ 
247+    .. seealso ::  
248+       :func: `os.path.abspath ` - for converting paths to absolute paths. On Unix, that means it
243249   begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with two (back)slashes, or a
244250   drive letter, colon, and (back)slash together.
245251
@@ -352,7 +358,13 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
352358
353359.. function :: join(path, *paths) 
354360
355-    Join one or more path segments intelligently.  The return value is the
361+    Join one or more path segments intelligently.  
362+ 
363+    Example::
364+     
365+        >>> import os 
366+        >>> os.path.join("/home/foo", "/home/bar") 
367+        '/home/bar'  The return value is the 
356368   concatenation of *path * and all members of *\* paths
357369   directory separator following each non-empty part, except the last. That is,
358370   the result will only end in a separator if the last part is either empty or
@@ -488,7 +500,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
488500.. function :: split(path) 
489501
490502   Split the pathname *path * into a pair, ``(head, tail) `` where *tail * is the
491-    last pathname component and *head * is everything leading up to that.  The
503+    last pathname component and *head * is everything leading up to that.  
504+ 
505+    .. seealso ::  
506+       :func: `os.path.join ` - for joining paths efficiently.  The
492507   *tail * part will never contain a slash; if *path * ends in a slash, *tail *
493508   will be empty.  If there is no slash in *path *, *head * will be empty.  If
494509   *path * is empty, both *head * and *tail * are empty.  Trailing slashes are
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