"opened for writing. Add a 'b' to the mode for binary files.\n"
"Add a '+' to the mode to allow simultaneous reading and writing.\n"
"If the buffering argument is given, 0 means unbuffered, 1 means line\n"
-"buffered, and larger numbers specify the buffer size.\n"
+"buffered, and larger numbers specify the buffer size. The preferred way\n"
+"to open a file is with the builtin open() function.\n"
)
PyDoc_STR(
"Add a 'U' to mode to open the file for input with universal newline\n"
PyDoc_STRVAR(open_doc,
"open(name[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object\n\
\n\
-Open a file using the file() type, returns a file object.");
+Open a file using the file() type, returns a file object. This is the\n\
+preferred way to open a file.");
static PyObject *