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Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:30:15 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: BaseHTTPRequestHandler, that path includes query (GH-25597)
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BaseHTTPRequestHandler, that path includes query (GH-25597)


* Clarify, for BaseHTTPRequestHandler, that path includes query

Co-authored-by: David Jones <drj@pobox.com>
(cherry picked from commit a89d8a94a0dd0bd45349efad6d5ad68641f4ff9a)

Co-authored-by: Senthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index 478a5b31475c..729d7e37137a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ provides three different variants:
 
    .. attribute:: path
 
-      Contains the request path.
+      Contains the request path. If query component of the URL is present,
+      then ``path`` includes the query. Using the terminology of :rfc:`3986`,
+      ``path`` here includes ``hier-part`` and the ``query``.
 
    .. attribute:: request_version