From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:37:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: [Bug #793553] Correct description of keyword arguments for SSL authentication
X-Git-Tag: v2.5b3~61
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ad416d056fdd1aa3754bb5e924d0218112e0e362;p=python

[Bug #793553] Correct description of keyword arguments for SSL authentication
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
index 0a84c1adf8..75ee310d51 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex
@@ -270,10 +270,10 @@ off completely.  Its default value is \code{None}, in which case
 environmental proxy settings will be used if present, as discussed in
 the definition of \function{urlopen()}, above.
 
-Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, are used for
-authentication with the \file{https:} scheme.  The keywords
-\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported; both are needed to
-actually retrieve a resource at an \file{https:} URL.
+Additional keyword parameters, collected in \var{x509}, may be used for
+authentication of the client when using the \file{https:} scheme.  The keywords
+\var{key_file} and \var{cert_file} are supported to provide an 
+SSL key and certificate; both are needed to support client authentication.
 
 \class{URLopener} objects will raise an \exception{IOError} exception
 if the server returns an error code.