From: Jesus Cea <jcea@jcea.es>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:18:24 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Docs: 'os.pwrite()' needs bytes, not strings
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Docs: 'os.pwrite()' needs bytes, not strings
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 0a59108b2c..f217a36f4d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1044,10 +1044,10 @@ or `the MSDN <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z0kc8e3z.aspx>`_ on Window
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
-.. function:: pwrite(fd, string, offset)
+.. function:: pwrite(fd, str, offset)
 
-   Write *string* to a file descriptor, *fd*, from *offset*, leaving the file
-   offset unchanged.
+   Write *bytestring* to a file descriptor, *fd*, from *offset*,
+   leaving the file offset unchanged.
 
    Availability: Unix.