From: Irit Katriel <iritkatriel@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 21:48:20 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: bpo-10548: expectedFailure does not apply to fixtures (#23201)
X-Git-Tag: v3.11.0a1~1158
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=23ae2c3bacc167f7bbfea1846bbbc9dde63a1bfd;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

bpo-10548: expectedFailure does not apply to fixtures (#23201)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index 0c29408cb192..99c2f6e02944 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -597,8 +597,9 @@ The following decorators and exception implement test skipping and expected fail
 .. decorator:: expectedFailure
 
    Mark the test as an expected failure or error.  If the test fails or errors
-   it will be considered a success.  If the test passes, it will be considered
-   a failure.
+   in the test function itself (rather than in one of the :dfn:`test fixture`
+   methods) then it will be considered a success.  If the test passes, it will
+   be considered a failure.
 
 .. exception:: SkipTest(reason)