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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 09:14:25 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Fix documentation (GH-13721)
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Fix documentation (GH-13721)


Based on the source code https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/4a686504eb2bbf69adf78077458508a7ba131667/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.pyGH-L755 AsyncResult.successful() raises a ValueError, not an AssertionError.
(cherry picked from commit d4cf099dff4720a25208b5fa247dc16d86b11ac3)

Co-authored-by: Benjamin Yeh <bentyeh@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
index a4771d3a84..6c07124f97 100644
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -2279,6 +2279,10 @@ with the :class:`Pool` class.
       Return whether the call completed without raising an exception.  Will
       raise :exc:`AssertionError` if the result is not ready.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+         If the result is not ready, :exc:`ValueError` is raised instead of
+         :exc:`AssertionError`.
+
 The following example demonstrates the use of a pool::
 
    from multiprocessing import Pool