- explain what a UNC path is in the makedirs() description, since

  they're actually mentioned there

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libos.tex b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
index fcc172f81b38ee49e01d4ed6d12b31b3b9c82a31..3d0b4051bd3feb1d0b3669f6be997996aeabf5db 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libos.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libos.tex
@@ -672,12 +672,15 @@ Availability: Macintosh, \UNIX, Windows.
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{makedirs}{path\optional{, mode}}
 \index{directory!creating}
-Recursive directory creation function.  Like \function{mkdir()},
+Recursive directory creation function.\index{directory!creating}
+\index{UNC paths!and \function{os.makedirs()}}
+Like \function{mkdir()},
 but makes all intermediate-level directories needed to contain the
 leaf directory.  Throws an \exception{error} exception if the leaf
 directory already exists or cannot be created.  The default \var{mode}
 is \code{0777} (octal).  This function does not properly handle UNC
-paths (only relevant on Windows systems).
+paths (only relevant on Windows systems; Universal Naming Convention
+paths are those that use the `\code{\e\e host\e path}' syntax).
 \versionadded{1.5.2}
 \end{funcdesc}