bpo-35465: Document _UnixSelectorEventLoop.add_signal_handler. (GH-11145) (GH-11221)

(cherry picked from commit e3666fc8effb05b555121f4ab7388df59e21f8b4)

Co-authored-by: Hrvoje Nikšić <hniksic@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
index 647b7fc5e7a5820633fef9ea15fe4b233e13fd8f..d59cf055b614171132fc4e54e359a380073e4211 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/asyncio-eventloop.rst
@@ -960,12 +960,20 @@ Unix signals
 
    Set *callback* as the handler for the *signum* signal.
 
+   The callback will be invoked by *loop*, along with other queued callbacks
+   and runnable coroutines of that event loop. Unlike signal handlers
+   registered using :func:`signal.signal`, a callback registered with this
+   function is allowed to interact with the event loop.
+
    Raise :exc:`ValueError` if the signal number is invalid or uncatchable.
    Raise :exc:`RuntimeError` if there is a problem setting up the handler.
 
    Use :func:`functools.partial` :ref:`to pass keyword arguments
    <asyncio-pass-keywords>` to *callback*.
 
+   Like :func:`signal.signal`, this function must be invoked in the main
+   thread.
+
 .. method:: loop.remove_signal_handler(sig)
 
    Remove the handler for the *sig* signal.