From: Kerim Kabirov <the.privat33r+gh@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 16:55:22 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: GH-115577 Clarify netloc term usage in urllib.parse docs (GH-117632)
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GH-115577 Clarify netloc term usage in urllib.parse docs (GH-117632)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
index 3c898c3e8263..59fb14960ba9 100644
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.parse.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ The :mod:`urllib.parse` module defines functions that fall into two broad
 categories: URL parsing and URL quoting. These are covered in detail in
 the following sections.
 
+This module's functions use the deprecated term ``netloc`` (or ``net_loc``),
+which was introduced in :rfc:`1808`. However, this term has been obsoleted by
+:rfc:`3986`, which introduced the term ``authority`` as its replacement.
+The use of ``netloc`` is continued for backward compatibility.
+
 URL Parsing
 -----------