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Subject: [3.13] gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s` (GH-119155) (#123670)
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[3.13] gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s` (GH-119155) (#123670)

gh-118508: Clarify which characters are matched by `\s` (GH-119155)

Clarify re syntax
(cherry picked from commit 22fdb8cf899d2dd29f2ac0bf61309af6809719fb)

Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <nineteendo19d0@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index cc979fe66f7f..efb2722f1803 100644
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -600,10 +600,9 @@ character ``'$'``.
 
 ``\s``
    For Unicode (str) patterns:
-      Matches Unicode whitespace characters (which includes
-      ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the
-      non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many
-      languages).
+      Matches Unicode whitespace characters (as defined by :py:meth:`str.isspace`).
+      This includes ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]``, and also many other characters, for example the
+      non-breaking spaces mandated by typography rules in many languages.
 
       Matches ``[ \t\n\r\f\v]`` if the :py:const:`~re.ASCII` flag is used.