From: Pierce Lopez <pierce.lopez@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 20:49:24 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: httpclient: document connect_timeout/request_timeout 0 value
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httpclient: document connect_timeout/request_timeout 0 value

not exactly true for curl_httpclient (libcurl uses a connect_timeout
of 300 seconds if no connect timeout is set) but close enough
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diff --git a/tornado/httpclient.py b/tornado/httpclient.py
index 7eebf0334..3011c371b 100644
--- a/tornado/httpclient.py
+++ b/tornado/httpclient.py
@@ -421,9 +421,9 @@ class HTTPRequest(object):
            supports "basic" and "digest"; ``simple_httpclient`` only supports
            "basic"
         :arg float connect_timeout: Timeout for initial connection in seconds,
-           default 20 seconds
+           default 20 seconds (0 means no timeout)
         :arg float request_timeout: Timeout for entire request in seconds,
-           default 20 seconds
+           default 20 seconds (0 means no timeout)
         :arg if_modified_since: Timestamp for ``If-Modified-Since`` header
         :type if_modified_since: `datetime` or `float`
         :arg bool follow_redirects: Should redirects be followed automatically