closes issue28082: doc update and NEWS entry

diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
index c9f22633750c88b0e92d3957779cdde72d1e2d8d..218bbf88cf56a437b86a0cd253bd80e60fb48f68 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@ functions are simplified versions of the full featured methods for compiled
 regular expressions.  Most non-trivial applications always use the compiled
 form.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.6
+   Flag constants are now instances of :class:`RegexFlag`, which is a subclass of
+   :class:`enum.IntFlag`.
 
 .. function:: compile(pattern, flags=0)