#1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.

diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 0e467411446203b4e0d65fc5828aa85558870b14..a776a6bb7d1148a21832b3aaf869ebc1469abb60 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -922,8 +922,9 @@ Files and Directories
 
 .. function:: lstat(path)
 
-   Like :func:`stat`, but do not follow symbolic links. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Like :func:`stat`, but do not follow symbolic links.  This is an alias for
+   :func:`stat` on platforms that do not support symbolic links, such as
+   Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: mkfifo(path[, mode])