From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:43:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #1934: fix os.path.isabs docs.
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~396
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=fe7dd50907de918f148c339295aa788ba7895fb3;p=python

#1934: fix os.path.isabs docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index 125044d82a..05eed8a2b8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ write files see :func:`open`, and for accessing the filesystem see the
 
 .. function:: isabs(path)
 
-   Return ``True`` if *path* is an absolute pathname (begins with a slash).
+   Return ``True`` if *path* is an absolute pathname.  On Unix, that means it
+   begins with a slash, on Windows that it begins with a backslash after chopping
+   off a potential drive letter.
 
 
 .. function:: isfile(path)