It turns out "is" is just a normal overridable operator. Who knew?

doc/site/method-calls.markdown

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ We also have a slew of infix operators—they have operands on both sides.
 They are:
 
     :::wren
-    == != < > <= >= .. ... | & + - * / %
+    == != < > <= >= .. ... | & + - * / % is
 
 Like prefix operators, they are all funny ways of writing method calls. The left
 operand is the receiver, and the right operand gets passed to it. So `a + b` is
@@ -138,6 +138,13 @@ objects, but they are method calls like other operators.
 
 [range]: values.html#ranges
 
+The `is` keyword is a "type test" operator. The base [Object][] class implements
+it to tell if an object is an instance of a given class. You'll rarely need to,
+but you can override `is` in your own classes. That can be useful for things
+like mocks or proxies where you want an object to masquerade as a certain class.
+
+[object]: core/object.html
+
 ## Subscripts
 
 Another familiar syntax from math class is *subscripting* using square brackets