From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 16:31:32 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Closes #14250: regex.flags has not only explicit flags but also those from the pattern
X-Git-Tag: v2.7.4rc1~958^2~6
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Closes #14250: regex.flags has not only explicit flags but also those from the pattern
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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index cd0d2047f5..d64604f6df 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ Regular Expression Objects
 
    .. attribute:: RegexObject.flags
 
-      The flags argument used when the RE object was compiled, or ``0`` if no flags
-      were provided.
+      The regex matching flags.  This is a combination of the flags given to
+      :func:`.compile` and any ``(?...)`` inline flags in the pattern.
 
 
    .. attribute:: RegexObject.groups