Where are the texdocs for the built-in LaTeX document classes?

Question

I can texdoc for the following classes:
letter
slides
proc

But, where are the texdocs for the following built-in document classes?
article
report
book

Will Robertson · Accepted Answer · 2010-09-18 04:54:19Z

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The standard classes are all built from the source file classes.dtx. Therefore:

texdoc classes

But I'm afraid you might be disappointed by its contents; it's not really a user manual, simply documented source code.

answered Sep 18 '10 at 4:54

Will Robertson
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	Am I right in saying that `latex2e` is the one closest to a user manual for these classes? – Kit Sep 19 '10 at 15:47
	Oh, I hadn't seen latex2e.pdf before! Yes, that's a great document. – Will Robertson Sep 20 '10 at 0:12

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