From: Savage Mechanic <savagemechanic@github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 18:24:41 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: gh-67512: Document IMAP4.append() flags argument (#149907)
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gh-67512: Document IMAP4.append() flags argument (#149907)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
index b002f4978123..df2468f7124e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@ An :class:`IMAP4` instance has the following methods:
 
    Append *message* to named mailbox.
 
+   *flags* may be ``None`` or a string of IMAP flag tokens.  Multiple
+   flags are separated by spaces, for example ``r'\Seen \Answered'``.
+   If *flags* is not already enclosed in parentheses, parentheses are
+   added automatically.
+
 
 .. method:: IMAP4.authenticate(mechanism, authobject)