From: Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 13:33:45 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Issue #18978: Update docs to reflect explicitly the ability to set the attribute... 
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Issue #18978: Update docs to reflect explicitly the ability to set the attribute at the class level.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
index 91673f459cb4..ef902b1137b4 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst
@@ -220,10 +220,15 @@ The following classes are provided:
    *method* should be a string that indicates the HTTP request method that
    will be used (e.g. ``'HEAD'``).  Its value is stored in the
    :attr:`~Request.method` attribute and is used by :meth:`get_method()`.
+   Subclasses may indicate a default method by setting the
+   :attr:`~Request.method` attribute in the class itself.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
       :attr:`Request.method` argument is added to the Request class.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      Default :attr:`Request.method` may be indicated at the class level.
+
 
 .. class:: OpenerDirector()