From: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 17:19:33 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.
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#1364: os.lstat is available on Windows too, as an alias to os.stat.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 0e4674114462..a776a6bb7d11 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -922,8 +922,9 @@ Files and Directories
 
 .. function:: lstat(path)
 
-   Like :func:`stat`, but do not follow symbolic links. Availability: Macintosh,
-   Unix.
+   Like :func:`stat`, but do not follow symbolic links.  This is an alias for
+   :func:`stat` on platforms that do not support symbolic links, such as
+   Windows.
 
 
 .. function:: mkfifo(path[, mode])