From: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:22:23 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Issue #15497: Correct characters in TextWrapper.replace_whitespace docs.
X-Git-Tag: v3.3.0rc1~124^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=59db40166760e270aab5417b5933022349cd35ee;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Issue #15497: Correct characters in TextWrapper.replace_whitespace docs.

Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst
index a81496206d72..547db79d77c1 100644
--- a/Doc/library/textwrap.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/textwrap.rst
@@ -109,9 +109,11 @@ indentation from strings that have unwanted whitespace to the left of the text.
 
    .. attribute:: replace_whitespace
 
-      (default: ``True``) If true, each whitespace character (as defined by
-      ``string.whitespace``) remaining after tab expansion will be replaced by a
-      single space.
+      (default: ``True``) If true, after tab expansion but before wrapping,
+      the :meth:`wrap` method will replace each whitespace character
+      with a single space.  The whitespace characters replaced are
+      as follows: tab, newline, vertical tab, formfeed, and carriage
+      return (``'\t\n\v\f\r'``).
 
       .. note::