Clarified documentation on use of shutdown().

diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index 0b2181c28c3e7759280b5373a3aa5fee773cd620..44979f86b6acb28a118333750dc7b0f594a600e5 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -732,7 +732,8 @@ functions.
 .. function:: shutdown()
 
    Informs the logging system to perform an orderly shutdown by flushing and
-   closing all handlers.
+   closing all handlers. This should be called at application exit and no
+   further use of the logging system should be made after this call.
 
 
 .. function:: setLoggerClass(klass)