From: Chilla Kalyan <127284726+chillakalyan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 08:57:34 +0000 (+0530)
Subject: gh-141127: Clarify o?s.symlink() documentation for argument order (#141144)
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gh-141127: Clarify o?s.symlink() documentation for argument order (#141144)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index d31d0ce9c85e..dbc3c92c8798 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -3873,6 +3873,9 @@ features:
 
    Create a symbolic link pointing to *src* named *dst*.
 
+   The *src* parameter refers to the target of the link (the file or directory being linked to),
+   and *dst* is the name of the link being created.
+
    On Windows, a symlink represents either a file or a directory, and does not
    morph to the target dynamically.  If the target is present, the type of the
    symlink will be created to match. Otherwise, the symlink will be created