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Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 20:37:45 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: bpo-35450: reflect in docs that venv module is not always creating a copy of the... 
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bpo-35450: reflect in docs that venv module is not always creating a copy of the Python binary (GH-11144) (GH-11168)
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diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
index 7e8ae4a85f8a..d2f76afc2789 100644
--- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
+++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ Running this command creates the target directory (creating any parent
 directories that don't exist already) and places a ``pyvenv.cfg`` file in it
 with a ``home`` key pointing to the Python installation from which the command
 was run.  It also creates a ``bin`` (or ``Scripts`` on Windows) subdirectory
-containing a copy of the ``python`` binary (or binaries, in the case of
-Windows).  It also creates an (initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages``
-subdirectory (on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing
+containing a copy/symlink of the Python binary/binaries (as appropriate for the
+platform or arguments used at environment creation time). It also creates an
+(initially empty) ``lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages`` subdirectory
+(on Windows, this is ``Lib\site-packages``). If an existing
 directory is specified, it will be re-used.
 
 .. deprecated:: 3.6