From: Barney Gale <barney.gale@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:46:53 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: GH-119054: Add alt text to pathlib inheritance diagram (#121158)
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GH-119054: Add alt text to pathlib inheritance diagram (#121158)

Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 49b9c8f41933..0918bbb47e9e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ inherit from pure paths but also provide I/O operations.
 .. image:: pathlib-inheritance.png
    :align: center
    :class: invert-in-dark-mode
+   :alt: Inheritance diagram showing the classes available in pathlib. The
+         most basic class is PurePath, which has three direct subclasses:
+         PurePosixPath, PureWindowsPath, and Path. Further to these four
+         classes, there are two classes that use multiple inheritance:
+         PosixPath subclasses PurePosixPath and Path, and WindowsPath
+         subclasses PureWindowsPath and Path.
 
 If you've never used this module before or just aren't sure which class is
 right for your task, :class:`Path` is most likely what you need. It instantiates