From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:50:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [Bug #1583946] Reword description of server and issuer
X-Git-Tag: v2.5.1c1~299
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35094a6962f7353cf13ab748dfb4685b769cfce1;p=python

[Bug #1583946] Reword description of server and issuer
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
index aa75ec9866..ececea4b2c 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex
@@ -712,14 +712,15 @@ read until EOF. The return value is a string of the bytes read.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{server}{}
-Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the 
-server's certificate.  (See below for an example
-showing what distinguished names look like.)
+Returns a string describing the server's certificate.
+Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string
+because its format can't be parsed unambiguously.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}{issuer}{}
-Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the
-issuer of the server's certificate.
+Returns a string describing the issuer of the server's certificate.
+Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string
+because its format can't be parsed unambiguously.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \subsection{Example \label{socket-example}}