The optional *timeout* parameter specifies a timeout in seconds for blocking
operations like the connection attempt (if not specified, the global default
timeout setting will be used). This actually only works for HTTP, HTTPS and
- FTP connections.
+ FTP connections.
If *context* is specified, it must be a :class:`ssl.SSLContext` instance
describing the various SSL options. See :class:`~httplib.HTTPSConnection` for