Document default parameter of .seek() in the signature. (GH-14691)

(cherry picked from commit 2a3d4d9c53dd4831c3ecf56bc7c4a289c33030d6)

Co-authored-by: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>

diff --git a/Doc/library/io.rst b/Doc/library/io.rst
index dcdd01cd0aa5db86729c158fe1d0851cc8ea4f45..7c053f973aa1c907f9540f93f933a447476f9d52 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/io.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/io.rst
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ I/O Base Classes
       Note that it's already possible to iterate on file objects using ``for
       line in file: ...`` without calling ``file.readlines()``.
 
-   .. method:: seek(offset[, whence])
+   .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
 
       Change the stream position to the given byte *offset*.  *offset* is
       interpreted relative to the position indicated by *whence*.  The default
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ Text I/O
 
       If *limit* is specified, at most *limit* characters will be read.
 
-   .. method:: seek(offset[, whence])
+   .. method:: seek(offset, whence=SEEK_SET)
 
       Change the stream position to the given *offset*.  Behaviour depends on
       the *whence* parameter.  The default value for *whence* is