bpo-34319: Clarify file handler closure in pathlib.read_text (GH-8645)

Patch by Terry Jan Reedy.

diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 0929ee27c19e164dc8d8c24f9a2f3495ee45dc6d..ec604f6815937d8184b7ed14d0cec635537d624e 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -915,7 +915,8 @@ call fails (for example because the path doesn't exist):
       >>> p.read_text()
       'Text file contents'
 
-   The optional parameters have the same meaning as in :func:`open`.
+   The file is opened and then closed. The optional parameters have the same
+   meaning as in :func:`open`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.5