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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:43:22 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: bpo-36769: Document that fnmatch.filter supports any kind of iterable (GH-13039)
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bpo-36769: Document that fnmatch.filter supports any kind of iterable (GH-13039)

(cherry picked from commit e8d22642105d57007ab1242848a8cbadc7f179df)

Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
index ce07d326b395..925f08e91468 100644
--- a/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fnmatch.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ patterns.
 
 .. function:: filter(names, pattern)
 
-   Return the subset of the list of *names* that match *pattern*. It is the same as
+   Construct a list from those elements of the iterable *names* that match *pattern*. It is the same as
    ``[n for n in names if fnmatch(n, pattern)]``, but implemented more efficiently.
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/fnmatch.py b/Lib/fnmatch.py
index b98e6413295e..7d52871a829a 100644
--- a/Lib/fnmatch.py
+++ b/Lib/fnmatch.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def _compile_pattern(pat):
     return re.compile(res).match
 
 def filter(names, pat):
-    """Return the subset of the list NAMES that match PAT."""
+    """Construct a list from those elements of the iterable NAMES that match PAT."""
     result = []
     pat = os.path.normcase(pat)
     match = _compile_pattern(pat)