The file object references a \cfunction{dup()}ped version of the
socket file descriptor, so the file object and socket object may be
closed or garbage-collected independently.
-The socket should be in blocking mode.
+The socket must be in blocking mode.
\index{I/O control!buffering}The optional \var{mode}
and \var{bufsize} arguments are interpreted the same way as by the
built-in \function{file()} function; see ``Built-in Functions''
blocking and timeout modes are shared between file descriptors and
socket objects that refer to the same network endpoint. A consequence
of this is that file objects returned by the \method{makefile()}
-method should only be used when the socket is in blocking mode; in
+method must only be used when the socket is in blocking mode; in
timeout or non-blocking mode file operations that cannot be completed
immediately will fail.