From: Pierce Lopez <pierce.lopez@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:43:27 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: process: correct docs of fork_processes exit behavior
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process: correct docs of fork_processes exit behavior

fixes #2771
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diff --git a/tornado/process.py b/tornado/process.py
index 9e4c194af..422365986 100644
--- a/tornado/process.py
+++ b/tornado/process.py
@@ -110,9 +110,8 @@ def fork_processes(
     number between 0 and ``num_processes``.  Processes that exit
     abnormally (due to a signal or non-zero exit status) are restarted
     with the same id (up to ``max_restarts`` times).  In the parent
-    process, ``fork_processes`` returns None if all child processes
-    have exited normally, but will otherwise only exit by throwing an
-    exception.
+    process, ``fork_processes`` calls ``sys.exit(0)`` after all child
+    processes have exited normally.
 
     max_restarts defaults to 100.