From: Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren@mac.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 10:08:06 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: GH-95815: Document less specific error for os.remove (#99571)
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GH-95815: Document less specific error for os.remove (#99571)

os.remove can raise PermissionError instead of IsADirectoryError,
when the object to be removed is a directory (in particular on
macOS).

This reverts a change done in #14262.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index 0f0fb55e315c..3387d0842da8 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -2421,7 +2421,7 @@ features:
 .. function:: remove(path, *, dir_fd=None)
 
    Remove (delete) the file *path*.  If *path* is a directory, an
-   :exc:`IsADirectoryError` is raised.  Use :func:`rmdir` to remove directories.
+   :exc:`OSError` is raised.  Use :func:`rmdir` to remove directories.
    If the file does not exist, a :exc:`FileNotFoundError` is raised.
 
    This function can support :ref:`paths relative to directory descriptors