generally be omitted since it can usually be inferred from the format of
*address*. (See :ref:`multiprocessing-address-formats`)
- If *authentication* is ``True`` or *authkey* is a string then digest
+ If *authenticate* is ``True`` or *authkey* is a string then digest
authentication is used. The key used for authentication will be either
*authkey* or ``current_process().authkey)`` if *authkey* is ``None``.
If authentication fails then :exc:`AuthenticationError` is raised. See
If *authkey* is ``None`` and *authenticate* is ``True`` then
``current_process().authkey`` is used as the authentication key. If
- *authkey* is ``None`` and *authentication* is ``False`` then no
+ *authkey* is ``None`` and *authenticate* is ``False`` then no
authentication is done. If authentication fails then
:exc:`AuthenticationError` is raised. See :ref:`multiprocessing-auth-keys`.