Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment:

The doc says that help takes one optional arg:
No arg: interactive help system
String: interpret as name of something
Any other object: help page for that object
[by implication, multiple args: TypeError]

Not returning help for None is a bug, so I say yes, backport, including to 
2.6/7 if they have same bug. I think the OP's example, which turns on the fact 
that None is an object that can be attached to any target, and not just a name, 
illustrates the bugginess of the current behavior.

If NEWS includes a detailed list of bugfixes, then this could be included. If 
not, no.

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