[3.11] gh-96165: Clarify passing ":memory:" in sqlite3.connect() (GH-106451) (#106648)

cherry picked from commit f520804b039df0d87fb9df6f1fed2a9bc9df8d61)

Co-authored-by: Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@gmail.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
index a50be741ce8bce029f4a8b9526c3456744937204..06f5293fbdbd1d2acee8e6d6532edea51b9886d4 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
@@ -265,8 +265,9 @@ Module functions
 
    :param database:
        The path to the database file to be opened.
-       Pass ``":memory:"`` to open a connection to a database that is
-       in RAM instead of on disk.
+       You can pass ``":memory:"`` to create an `SQLite database existing only
+       in memory <https://sqlite.org/inmemorydb.html>`_, and open a connection
+       to it.
    :type database: :term:`path-like object`
 
    :param float timeout: