From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:50 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #2845: fix copy2's docs.
X-Git-Tag: v2.6b1~378
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=88107dafefd374f1eb743b5a2d74aab13e7aa9f7;p=python

#2845: fix copy2's docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index f28fbacfcd..bd66aa9621 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -73,8 +73,9 @@ copying and removal. For operations on individual files, see also the
 
 .. function:: copy2(src, dst)
 
-   Similar to :func:`copy`, but last access time and last modification time are
-   copied as well.  This is similar to the Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
+   Similar to :func:`copy`, but metadata is copied as well -- in fact, this is just
+   :func:`copy` followed by :func:`copystat`.  This is similar to the
+   Unix command :program:`cp -p`.
 
 
 .. function:: copytree(src, dst[, symlinks])