for later processing.
\end{methoddesc}
-\begin{methoddesc}[Compress]{flush}{}
-All pending input is processed, and an string containing the remaining
-compressed output is returned. After calling \method{flush()}, the
+\begin{methoddesc}[Compress]{flush}{\optional{mode}}
+All pending input is processed, and a string containing the remaining
+compressed output is returned. \var{mode} can be selected from the
+constants \constant{Z_SYNC_FLUSH}, \constant{Z_FULL_FLUSH}, or
+\constant{Z_FINISH}, defaulting to \constant{Z_FINISH}. \constant{Z_SYNC_FLUSH} and
+\constant{Z_FULL_FLUSH} allow compressing further strings of data and
+are used to allow partial error recovery on decompression, while
+\constant{Z_FINISH} finishes the compressed stream and
+prevents compressing any more data. After calling
+\method{flush()} with \var{mode} set to \constant{Z_FINISH}, the
\method{compress()} method cannot be called again; the only realistic
-action is to delete the object.
+action is to delete the object.
\end{methoddesc}
Decompression objects support the following methods: