From: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:14:05 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Merge 3.4 (issue #25605)
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Merge 3.4 (issue #25605)
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33be3e3d5b52762ba6706df6bd98f2e341a8d9ba
diff --cc Doc/library/fcntl.rst
index e0d184fd06,b798f22d7f..f8bb8340ea
--- a/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fcntl.rst
@@@ -104,11 -106,13 +106,13 @@@ The module defines the following functi
     :manpage:`flock(2)` for details.  (On some systems, this function is emulated
     using :c:func:`fcntl`.)
  
+    If the :c:func:`flock` fails, an :exc:`IOError` exception is raised.
+ 
  
 -.. function:: lockf(fd, operation, [length, [start, [whence]]])
 +.. function:: lockf(fd, cmd, len=0, start=0, whence=0)
  
     This is essentially a wrapper around the :func:`~fcntl.fcntl` locking calls.
 -   *fd* is the file descriptor of the file to lock or unlock, and *operation*
 +   *fd* is the file descriptor of the file to lock or unlock, and *cmd*
     is one of the following values:
  
     * :const:`LOCK_UN` -- unlock