From: R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:21:41 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: #18389: Clarify that relpath does not access the file system.
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#18389: Clarify that relpath does not access the file system.

Initial patch by Madison May.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index 5e245d0df5ba..c84aaf29e101 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -236,8 +236,10 @@ the :mod:`glob` module.)
 
 .. function:: relpath(path[, start])
 
-   Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current directory or from
-   an optional *start* point.
+   Return a relative filepath to *path* either from the current directory or
+   from an optional *start* directory.  This is a path computation:  the
+   filesystem is not accessed to confirm the existence or nature of *path* or
+   *start*.
 
    *start* defaults to :attr:`os.curdir`.