From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:55:17 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: clarify buffer arg #7178
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~296
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=eb7c3776599cd4c8f90b2f8a320e95c312705c79;p=python

clarify buffer arg #7178
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diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index a85e9242b7..3308639035 100644
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ Module Interface
 
    *buffering* is an optional integer used to set the buffering policy.  By
    default full buffering is on.  Pass 0 to switch buffering off (only allowed
-   in binary mode), 1 to set line buffering, and an integer > 1 for full
-   buffering.
+   in binary mode), 1 to set line buffering, and an integer > 1 to indicate the
+   size of the buffer.
 
    *encoding* is the name of the encoding used to decode or encode the file.
    This should only be used in text mode.  The default encoding is platform