From: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2025 20:06:28 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: gh-64414: mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs. (#129866)
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gh-64414: mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs. (#129866)

mention AF_INET6 and IPv6 in socketserver docs.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index a01ed17f9ec6..59cfa136a3b7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -266,8 +266,11 @@ Server Objects
 
    .. attribute:: address_family
 
-      The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.
-      Common examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET` and :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.
+      The family of protocols to which the server's socket belongs.  Common
+      examples are :const:`socket.AF_INET`, :const:`socket.AF_INET6`, and
+      :const:`socket.AF_UNIX`.  Subclass the TCP or UDP server classes in this
+      module with class attribute ``address_family = AF_INET6`` set if you
+      want IPv6 server classes.
 
 
    .. attribute:: RequestHandlerClass